Social Worker II - Cancer Center - Huntington

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker II - Cancer Center - Huntington.

In this role, the successful candidate Provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems. Assists with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc. Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.
• Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient andor family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies. Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the clinical social work perspective to and being a liaison for patients and families.
• Maintains records and statistics and documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a Master's Degree Social Work Required. Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license Required. 3-5 years Social work in a health care setting or social service agency Required.

Strong working knowledge of clinical social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs Required.

Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills Required. Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Required..

Required Licenses: Lic Clinical Social Worker

Preferred Qualifications

1-2 years Social work in a clinical setting Preferred.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement.

The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support.

Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters.

Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $112,079.10 - $122,225.21 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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