Clinical Social Worker

Love what you do; Love where you live

Monday - Friday 8-5

Community Social Work is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s and family’s comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost effective outcomes.

Required Behaviors :

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization : Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks.

Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications :

• Graduate of an accredited master school of social work and / or counseling
• Current NM licensure (LMSW or higher)
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience in community social work
• Self-motivated and accountable
• Team oriented
• Highly organized

Preferred Qualifications :

• Current NM licensure as an independent practitioner (LCSW / LISW or equivalent)
• Certified Case Manager (CCM)
• Group Therapy expansion experience
• Computer experience
• Experience in community social work

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Coordinates and leads Group Therapy
• Provides service to all SJHP clinics
• Use of high-risk screening criteria to assess for inclusion in case management programs
• Use a client-centric, collaborative partnership approach
• Facilitate self-determination and self-care through the tenets of advocacy, shared decision making, and education
• Practice cultural competence, with awareness and respect for diversity
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the client’s requirements relative to his / her age specific needs.
• Promote optimal client safety
• Promote the integration of behavioral change science and principles
• Link clients with community resources
• Assist with navigating the health care system to achieve successful care during transitions
• Support and maintain compliance with federal, state, local, organizational, and certification rules and

regulations

• Maintain adequate working knowledge of local resources. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of entitlement programs, eligibility requirements and benefits for state and federal assistance programs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill in providing for patient legal and ethical concerns
• Provide crisis intervention and / or short term counseling
• Pursue professional excellence and maintain competence in practice
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work :

Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions :

• Prolonged standing / sitting / walking
• Fast-paced environment
• High level of activity with many interruptions
• Possible exposure to communicable disease
• Repetitive motions (i.e. keyboard usage)

Sensory Requirements :

The employee will need to be able to hear :

• Alarms on equipment / fire alarms / overhead announcements
• Patients / families verbal discussion
• Instructions / feedback from other healthcare providers

The employee will need to be able to see :

• Focus on close-up and distant objects
• Have intact : peripheral vision and depth perception

San Juan Regional Medical Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.