Mount Sinai Health System
Social Worker - Oncology (Outpatient Float)
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Job Description
- Req#: 3017792
- Experience providing psychosocial services to patients with chronic illnesses.
- Skills in rapid psychosocial assessment and focused, short-term treatment.
- Excellent clinical, communication, collaborative, and organizational skills.
- Oncology experience preferred.
- Ability to develop psychosocial programs.
- Minimum one year in current position.
Job Title: Social Worker - Oncology (Outpatient Float)
Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital
The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,134-bed facility with an extensive outpatient and specialty care network and is the largest hospital in the Mount Sinai Health Care System. It offers comprehensive social work services and programming to meet the myriad needs of the diverse populations we serve. We believe that total patient care must emphasize the physical, emotional, and social needs of each patient and their care partners. Social Workers collaborate within interprofessional teams to serve patients and the larger community from both a micro and macro level including both direct care and prevention. Founded in 1907, the Department of Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest hospital social work departments in the nation with over 450 licensed social workers employed across more than 65 different program/service areas. Employment in our department provides a pathway to LCSW licensure as well as access to a broad range of continuing education, professional development and extra-curricular opportunities.This social work float position is in the Derald H. Ruttenberg Treatment Center and Dubin Breast Center.
Qualifications
Non-Bargaining Unit, 186 - Social Services - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
Responsibilities
The social worker will have the opportunity to cover various outpatient cancer services and continuity of care positions. The social worker will work with patients from diagnosis to end-of-life and the social worker will provide counseling and other psychosocial services to patients and their families. The social worker will provide these interventions primarily in the outpatient setting but the role may involve some inpatient work as well. Psychoeducation and community planning are a significant part of the social worker’s responsibilities. There will be the opportunity to run groups and other integrative services to benefit the patient population.
About the company
The mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
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