Clinical Social Worker

​Lex Women's Care-West ColumbiaFull TimeDay ShiftM-Th 8-5 Fr 8-1

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U. S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

​Job Summary

Using interviewing, organizational and networking skills, gathers clinically relevant information and provides psychosocial assessment to assist the healthcare team developing a treatment plan for the patient. Actively collaborates with healthcare team to meet patient care outcome management and system improvement goals. Uses planning, prioritizing and organizational skills to achieve utilization and quality goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an Accredited Program
• Minimum Years of Experience: None.
• Substitutable Education & Experience: None.

Required Certifications/Licensure: Licensure as an Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) in the state of South Carolina

Required Training: Experience with psychological assessments (i. e., personality assessments, depression assessments), evaluation, and treatment planning

Essential Functions

The Licensed Independent Social Worker works in a cooperative manner, which fosters favorable relationships between employees and patients, patient’s families, visitors, fellow employees, the medical staff and outside facilities. Accepts chain of command, supervision and constructive criticism.

Exhibits commitment and pride through personal example.

Contributes to teamwork and creates harmonious, effective and positive working relationships with others.

Respects, understands and responds with sensitivity to employees and guests by treating others as one would wish to be treated.

• Resolves conflicts and problem solves.
• Exhibits telephone courtesy.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Professionalism/Competence: Demonstrates competence in providing duties within role.

Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate assessments and interventions for the assigned patient population.

• Serves as a role model for other healthcare team members.
• Respects patient confidentiality and uses discretion in all interactions regarding patient’s needs.
• Demonstrates receptiveness to change and flexibility in meeting department needs.
• Abides by the Social Work Code of Ethics.

Conduct psychological evaluations and provide recommendations to the clinical team from a mental health perspective

Coordinate, lead and facilitate behavioral workshops.

Counsel, coach and educate patients and family on lifestyle changes and setting goals to promote behavior change.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide support to patients and education to team members and staff.
• Lead evening support groups with other team members.
• Documents assessment information in the patient’s medical record (EMR).

Conveys and receives information efficiently to and from patients, families, other members of the health care team and outside facilities and agencies.

• Provides education/consultation to the patient/family and healthcare team.
• Determines comprehension and need for repetition and revision of methods of teaching.
• Uses appropriate channels for reporting progress and/or concerns.
• Consults with attending provider to coordinate care plans for the patient.

Identifies opportunities for improvement and coordinates/participates in the development and implementation of action plans to make improvements.

• Contributes to patient outcome measurement.
• Participates on teams designed to improve systems based on analysis of data and evaluates   outcomes.
• Participates in interdisciplinary patient care conferences

Performs all other duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency (e. g., fire or disaster).

In addition to the above duties, Licensed Social Workers assigned to the Bariatric Program will perform a variety of duties to support and in support of Bariatric Services including contributing to research, quality initiatives and the development of curriculum and services for the behavioral aspects of weight loss programs.

Participates in Bariatric Team meetings while acting as a patient advocate.

Develops Bariatric program to assist with maintaining program accreditations.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits

Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.

• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance

LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity EmployerIt is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.