LCSW - Oncology Clinical Social Worker
About this role
Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
The Oncology Clinical Social Worker provides a wide variety of psychological and social work interventions to center's patients, families, and significant others. These services have been developed to remove any psychosocial barriers, which inhibit the treatment process. Provides support services to patients in order to meet the individual needs of the patients, to coordinate treatment, to assist the client with achieving the best possible functional level, to maximize symptom self-management and to enhancing quality of life and recovery. Provides crisis intervention, distress screening, risk assessments and connect patients to community resources.
Qualifications
REQUIRED:
- Master’s degree from an accredited program in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related mental health discipline with an emphasis on clinical experience.
- Three years experience past Master’s in the mental health field.
- One year of experience working with oncology patients
- Licensed as a LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) or LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor)
- Must be CPR certified.
PREFERRED:
- Prior clinical experience providing outpatient mental health or inpatient psychiatric services.
- Specialized training in cancer care through continued education and on the job experience
Work Hours:
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