Licensed Social Worker - Chambersburg Outpatient - Days

Full-time (80 hours biweekly)

Monday through Friday daytime hours

No weekends, no holidays and no on call. Potential for hybrid work schedule.

Position Function:

Under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or designated licensed professional (i.e. LPC). Performs clinical interventions with patients (children through older adults), families/significant others, staff, outside organizations and providers in order to coordinate patient care, implement treatment and perform discharge planning. Provides psychosocial assessments and clinical therapies (i.e., individual, couples, group, play and family therapies) to patients of Behavioral Health Services. May be required to travel between clinical sites to assist in Provision of Care.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates service excellence and patient and family centered care by showing respect, honesty, fairness and a positive attitude toward all customers.

2. Maintains confidentiality.

3. Demonstrates dependability, to include attendance and punctuality.

4. Is accountable - takes initiative and ownership of issues.

5. Displays a professional demeanor. Represents hospital in a positive way. Has a compassionate working relationship with patients and families.

6. Assumes personal responsibility for 2-way communication. Communicates and listens effectively with patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and community.

7. Supports coworkers, initiatives and a patient and family centered philosophy; pitches in; does own part and helps others.

8. Works to continuously improve work environment/processes (Performance Improvement). Demonstrates a patient and family centered focus when considering/developing improvement solutions.

9. Represents willingness/enthusiasm to create, embrace and facilitate change.

10. Develops self and others; supports a learning environment; leads by example. Encourages patients and families to give feedback and suggestions for improvement.

11. Develops working relationships critical to the organization including patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and community.

12. Encourages others by providing recognition and support.

13. Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential risks.

14. Maintains state of art knowledge of area of specialty, healthcare trends and practice, and populations served.

15. Maintains a level of computer literacy appropriate to their role.

16. Meets and maintains current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required.

17. Completes hospital-required reviews, e.g. HIPAA, safety, health screening,

care concerns, and others as assigned.

1. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.

Job Specifics:

1. Clinical knowledge and skills remain current to meet the needs of all age groups served. Demonstrates understanding of age-appropriate behavior and psychosocial development for children through older adults.

2. Communicates plan of care based on assessment of patients and family; keeps appropriate people aware of pertinent changes or problems in a timely manner.

3. Participates productively in treatment team meetings and ensures attendance on a regular basis.

4. Consistently attends and participates in staff meetings at least 50% and other committee meetings.

5. Achieves minimum thresholds for productivity on a consistent basis.

6. Effectively performs intake assessments as scheduled and documents appropriately. Is flexible and responsive in rearranging schedule to accommodate emergent cases.

7. Ensures that admission assessments for clients contain the following documented components: Background information, current mental status, treatment recommendations, discharge planning needs, target problems for treatment, expected patient outcomes.

8. Appropriately utilizes standardized tools and scales to assess and reassess patient functioning. Uses the appropriate tool for the age/population of the patient being assessed (e.g., adolescent and geriatric depression scales, GAF, etc.)

9. Assumes appropriate responsibility and accountability for the development, review and revision of the plan of care for outpatients: completes within two visits.

10. Expected outcomes/target objectives and interventions measurable and are developed with recognition given to expected age-related variations in the baseline psychosocial and developmental functional capacity of the individual (child to older adult).

11. Incorporates patient/family teaching into plan of treatment; including patient identified target symptoms with severity ratings.

12. Documents discharge plan, revisions to the Plan of Care, and final discharge instructions and linkages community services, as per current policy.

13. Meets required thresholds for chart review and documentation.

14. Utilizes therapeutic communication skills with patients and family.

15. Accurately assesses interventions made and reassesses data to plan further interventions throughout the therapeutic process in a responsive and timely manner, in order to meet patient needs and third party payer requirements.

16. Effectively implements the treatment modalities appropriate to age/population served.

17. Plans for education needs of students assigned for supervision of internship, and assumes responsibility for communication with hospital staff regarding the student's plan of internship.

18. Responds appropriately to emergencies.

19. Demonstrates accountability in maintaining a minimum of one-hour face-to-face clinical supervision, and one-hour peer supervision, per week with an LCSW, or designated licensed professional.

20. Demonstrates accountability for completing clinical supervision assignments as required.

The following requirements are expected of all employees:

Annual Health Screening with Infection Control and Blood Borne Pathogens Education

Safety Awareness: Hospital Fire, Safety, and Disaster Procedures

Confidentiality: Maintains Employee and Patient Confidentiality.

Attendance: Regular attendance is an essential function of the position

Job Performance: Results Orientation, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Awareness

Interpersonal Skills: Communication, Relationship-building, Team Player, Celebration

Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking, Knowledge-Building/Sharing, Coaching/Empowering, System Vision & Management

Reporting Structure:

A. Formal Reporting and Chain of Command - Clinical Manager of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services or delegated supervisor.

B. Informal Reporting and Relationships - Establishes and maintains harmonious, productive relationships with all levels of mental health personnel, other hospital personnel, physicians, patients, patients families, and the general public.

By identifying essential job functions, we are in no way stating or implying that these required tasks are the only activities that are to be performed by the employee occupying this position. In addition, employees will also be expected to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties that are included in the job description. The preceding requirements represent only the minimum acceptable levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities that a job incumbent must possess; in order to perform the job successfully, the incumbent will possess additional aptitudes so as to perform the other duties that the job description entails.

Qualifications and Standards

Education: Graduate of an accredited school with a Master's Degree in Social Work. Evidence of participation in educational programs to update and maintain knowledge and clinical skills.

Experience : Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required. Computer, telephone and analytical skills required.

Certifications/Licensure: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Pennsylvania and must obtain Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure within 12 months of hire. CPR certification required.

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

• Retirement savings plan

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Short-term disability

• Education assistance

• Financial education and support, including DailyPay

• Wellness and Wellbeing programs

• Caregiver support via Wellthy

• Childcare referral service via Wellthy

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WellSpan Health's vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region's largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.

WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

Established in 1895 and located in the heart of Franklin County, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital has long served its South Central Pennsylvania community with award-winning care. WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital's 274-bed facility provides a community of 156,000 residents full-range inpatient, outpatient and emergent care services. The hospital is noted for its leading-edge technology and full range of medical services, including award-winning heart and stroke care, a cardiac catheterization lab, a family birthing unit and Level II NICU, inpatient rehabilitation, a wound center with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and surgical services, including robotic surgery. At WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, we work together to provide our neighbors with important health-related programs focused on disease prevention and management, early detection screening, and tools and resources to prevent disease through health fairs, seminars, children's events, "fun runs," and more. WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital was one of several WellSpan hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for .

Quality of Life

Franklin County, named after Benjamin Franklin, was officially formed in 1784. One of its two main towns, the borough of Chambersburg, lies 13 miles north of Maryland and is known for its "green, safe environment." In the southern part of Franklin County, the borough of Waynesboro sits just two miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line and is known for its rich industrial history.

Franklin County is in the heart of Central Pennsylvania, where you'll find mountains, lakes and a picturesque countryside coupled with theater, music, skiing, hunting, fishing and much more. We're in the heart of America's fruit orchards, so peaches, apples and lots of other local produce are available close by. The area features local wineries and breweries, along with a vibrant arts scene at the historic Capitol Theatre and Totem Pole Playhouse. Franklin County merges the best of small-town friendliness with easy access to metropolitan areas. (Patient population: 154,000)

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