UT Southwestern Medical Center is looking for a Social Worker for our Subspecialties Unit. This individual will have the opporutnity to work with various adult areas such as weight loss, infection disease, blood disordertransgener program, etc.

Shift/Schedule

• Fulltime 8am-5pm

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work


• Six (6) years experience in medical and/or psychiatric social case work to include at least one (1) year as Social Worker I or equivalent.


• LBSW (Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker) required. LMSW preffered

Job Duties

• Interviews patients and sometimes members of their families to obtain information concerning home environment, family relationships, health history, financial status, and personality traits to better understand personal needs or problems of each patient.


• Confers with medical personnel with respect to plans or programs developed for patients.


• Evaluates data gathered in terms of plan of medical/psychiatric treatment and available community social service programs.


• Plans pertinent health maintenance or rehabilitation program for each patient, and completes social work evaluations or forms related to their disability.


• Assists patients and their families to understand, accept, and follow medical, psychiatric and/or other recommendations.


• Provides variety of services, such as advising on social problems, arranging for postoperative care at home or in institutions or for admission to nursing homes, alleviating of anxieties concerning permanent disabilities, disfiguring illnesses, uncertain future, etc.


• Refers patients to appropriate community social service agencies for financial assistance, employment, legal aid, or for assistance in resolving other personal or family problems.


• Works with insurance companies to obtain medications, orthotics and/or disability aids.


• Maintains chronological notes, clinic charts, or case histories for each patient with respect to social problems, adjustment of patient and family, and actions taken or planned by social worker. Inteprets to other social service agencies, medical or psychological condition of patients as related to their emotional adjustment, physical limitations, employment, and financial needs, and to medical staff, those social, economic, or emotional factors which may be related to patient\'s medical care and physical rehabilitation.


• Plans, coordinates, and supervises work of assigned professional and paraprofessional social work personnel of lower grade.


• May particiapte in clinical and laboratory research in such areas as animal research, child development, physiological and behavioral functioning, etc. Performs other duties as assigned. Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

Security

• This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information

UTSouthwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UTSouthwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.