Social Work Practitioner Jobs

Department

Med-Hemophilia Trtment Center-411493

Career Area

Health Professional (Physician/Nurse/Other)

Is this an internal only recruitment?

No

Posting Open Date

07/05/2023

Application Deadline

08/29/2023

Position Type

Permanent Staff (SHRA)

Position Title

Social Work Practitioner - Journey

Salary Grade Equivalent

GN10

Working Title

Social Work Practitioner

Position Number

20016426

Vacancy ID

P017753

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited

Full-Time Permanent

If time-limited, estimated duration of appointment

Hours per week

40

Work Schedule

Monday -Friday 8-4:30pm

Work Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Position Location

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range

$48,000 - $61,861

Pay Band Information

To learn more about the pay band for this branch and role, please see the Career Banding rates spreadsheet.

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

The advanced social work practitioner will act as a primary resource to patients and their families and to the Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center. Responsibilities will include: psychosocial/needs assessments, supportive counseling, health education, resource referral, assistance with educational, employment or insurance problems, loss and grief work. As a primary resource to the medical team, the social worker will demonstrate candid and supportive communication, identify obstacles to optimal patient care (e.g., institutional rules, communication or personality styles, social circumstances, etc.), and facilitate effective problem solving and conflict resolution. The social worker will be a bridge to community-based organizations serving persons diagnosed with bleeding disorders and their families and advocate for best practice. The role of the medical social worker is one of advocacy and liaison among patient, family, hospital and community. Helping the patient understand and adjust to hospital procedures, interpreting and explaining medical plans, providing the opportunity for ventilation of feelings, assisting the family with financial planning, are tasks faced by this member of the health care team. Facilitating communication among the patient, his family, and the health care professionals involved is a constant focal point of the social worker’s treatment plan. Recognizing the strengths which lie within the family system and encouraging the use of these assets by all members of the health care team is the unique contribution of the medical social worker. This position has duties and responsibilities relative to direct patient care.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Knowledge of chronic medical conditions and impact across the lifespan. Licensure by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW);
credentialing/appointment as an independent Allied Health Professional at UNC Hospitals. Licensure and reappointment are maintained per continuing education and other requirements every two years.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

N/a

Required Licenses/Certifications

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

Position/Schedule Requirements

Clinic – UNCH or ACC, Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, Patient care involved