Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.
Essential Functions:
- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.
- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.
- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.
- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.
- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.
- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.
- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.
- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.
- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.
- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.
- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.
- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
Secondary Functions:
- Participates in Monthly Multidisciplinary Team Care Plan meetings in the formulation of short and long term patient care plans.
- Evaluates and diagnoses a wide variety of patients and formulates appropriate referrals when indicated.
- Refer patients to outside agencies where appropriate.
- Interacts with transportation agencies for patients, to secure transportation to and from appointments at the Peritoneal Dialysis Program.
- Provide consultation to pre-ESRD patients and their families when requested by Nephrologist. This is either in the hospital or by private consultation with pre-ESRD patients/families.
- Assist the patient/family with the understanding of each option for the treatment of ESRD, including the effect(s) each treatment will have on their lives and the lives of their family members to promote the choosing of an appropriate treatment option for their kidney failure.
- Utilizes the ESRD Network and various related agencies for the purpose of obtaining current information in the treatment of End Stage Renal Disease; share this information with staff (team) members of the Peritoneal Dialysis Program, as well as patients and their families.
- Actively participates in the ESRD Social Worker professional group.
- Acts as a liaison with the Social Security Administration in establishing the Medicare benefits for ESRD patients; including the completing and filing of Health Care Finance Administration forms to secure Medicare reimbursements for ESRD.
- Will be required to follow patient in the in-patient setting as needed.
- Maintaining current charts for on-going patients according to departmental standards.
- Consultation to Medical Center staff and departments.
- Attendance at departmental meetings and case conferences.
- Participation in continuing education and professional growth.
- Participation in peer review, departmental planning, and program evaluation.
- Familiarity and liaison work with community resources as needed per patient care.
- Yearly performance evaluations will be conducted with the CAPD Program Manager.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.
- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:
- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Recent 2 years full-time experience post-masters degree in psycho-social/psycho-therapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic, or agency.
- Recent experience with treatment of ESRD, HCFA/Medicare ESRD forms and requirements preferred
- Understanding of Medicare and Medical benefits.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with initiative.
- Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with Federal and State regulations, JCAHO, and Title 22 regarding Peritoneal Dialysis self-care and training in the out-patient setting preferred.
- Able to communicate clearly in both oral and written form.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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