Job Posting: Social Worker (Clinical)

Summary

This position provides a full range of screening, assessment, diagnostic, treatment, consultative, and educational services to patients, caregivers, and staff. If you are a talented, knowledgeable, and motivated individual with clinical social work experience in a medical setting and want to play a significant role in a dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH, Clinical Center, Social Work Department. For more information visit: https://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/swd/index.html.

Duties

• Performing a range of conventional screening, assessment, diagnostic, treatment, consultative, and educational services to assigned segment of Clinical Center patients, caregivers, and staff.
• Completing psychosocial assessment of patients and caregivers in order to identify those factors which have a bearing on his/her ability to cope with stress and the requirements of the research protocols.
• Communicating with community agencies regarding the needs of the patient and his/her caregivers, and arrange for the needed services they can provide.
• Identifying gaps in service and make recommendations in order to maximize patient care and to implement the treatment goals.
• Developing a working knowledge of state and local bureaucracies in order to assist patients make optimal use of local resources.
• Identifying financial needs of patients and caregivers during hospital stays and participates in determining resources available for assistance, consistent with the goal of maximizing adjustment to research protocols.
• Consulting with other Clinical Center Departments, in addition to assigned organizational segment, on specific case referrals.

Who Can Apply