Location: CHA Everett Hospital

Work Days: 7a-3:30pm

Category: Social Work

Department: Psych - Emergency Clinic

Job Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day

Hours/Week: 40.00

Union Name: MNA Health Care Professionals EH

$5,000 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time employees) for newly hired social workers, budgeted to work 24 hours per week or more.

Department Description:

With approximately 100,300 ED visits annually, the CHA Emergency Departments are fast-paced, constantly changing environments with rapid patient turnover.

Summary:

Clinical Social Workers within the Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) are vital members of a multidisciplinary treatment team. The behavioral health clinician works closely with nurses, physician assistants, and physicians in a fast-paced, high stress environment, and is under the clinical supervision of the psychiatrist. The behavioral health clinician completes psychiatric assessments, provides crisis counseling, and implements treatment planning for patients in the PES. The behavioral health clinician identifies appropriate resources and obtains collateral information, as needed, from patients' supports including family members, friends and outpatient providers. The diversity of the client population served, in addition to the treatment modalities utilized, requires interdisciplinary expertise and collaboration. The training responsibilities are assigned by the PES Program Leader in accordance with the training needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education/Training: Masters degree in Social Work
• Current MA licensure a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
• Certifications: Must be credentialed by the CHA Medical Staff for practice in relevant clinical practice areas.
• Previous Experience: Minimum of two years post masters degree experience with acute psychiatric population strongly preferred.
• Physical Skills: Successful completion of physical agility assessment.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.