DescriptionUndersupervision of Center Director and Clinical Director, you will serve as a teammember of the Simms Mann Center, providing comprehensive psychosocial care topatients with cancer and their families, and the Bowyer Oncology team,providing direct case management, resource navigation, and direct caredelivery. Provide culturally-competent direct social work services, includingassessment, intervention, and recommendations to individual patients and theirfamilies often from marginalized, sociodemographically under represented, andunder-resourced areas. The majority of patients receiving care at the Bowyer clinictravel far distances for treatment and utilize Medicare/MediCal payor systems.Participatein interdisciplinary activities, complies with departmental standards regardingattendance, documentation, continuous quality improvement, statistics,departmental policies and procedures, and follows the Code of Ethics. Identifypatients, respond to referrals and meets the wide range of needs of the BowyerOncology Department. Provide referrals for economic, psychological, social,hospice, and home health care as needed. Chart all contacts in an electronicmedical record. Work in a complex medical system and assists patients innavigating that system. Provide other related services that promote the SimmsMann Center and improve the quality of life of the patient and family touchedby cancer. Develop a thorough familiarity with Simms Mann Center and communityresources in order to help patients locate what they need. Administer/utilize screeningtools to develop appropriate interventions and resources. Participate inprogram evaluation and development. Work with other oncology professionals topromote quality of life of patients. Update and screen the Center's resourcereferral network and website, select appropriate information, websites andresources to be made accessible to patients. Participate in program developmentas required. Participate in training of interns and volunteers. Respond to STATreferrals and elevated patient needs.Additionalresponsibilities as needed, including but not limited to, serving in clinicalconsultant role for California End of Life Act as per UCLA policy, travel tomultiple UCLA oncology clinics, and conducting a therapeutic support groups.Keepcurrent with professional social work health care knowledge base and pursuefurther enhancement of job-related knowledge. LCSW and oncology experiencerequired. Understanding of fast-paced outpatient infusion center operations,medical issues, and complications in variety of Hematologic/Oncologic diagnosespreferred. Experience navigating challenging social dynamics andcommunication/language barriers preferred.Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred.Thefull annual salary range for the Social Worker 2 position is $99,789.70 - $119,209.98. and the full annual salary range for the Social Worker 3 is $108,450.72 - $129,623.04. Will hire atthe 2 or 3 level based on experience and licensure.QualificationsRequired:
Master's degree in social work and licensed in California
Knowledge of psychosocial and other rehabilitation related problems that arise in individuals with cancer at all phases of their disease and treatments.
Knowledge of the most common cancers (e.g. breast, colon, prostate, lung and gynecologic) and their treatments.
Knowledge of psychosocial distress screening instruments. Ability to formulate assessments of psychosocial needs of individuals with cancer. Ability to put these skills to use.
Skills and knowledge to deliver psychosocial interventions in a medical setting.
Skills required to facilitate individual, group and family therapy interventions.
Skill in using computer database software to maintain and update resource referral network, all patient tracking, rehabilitation needs using software such as an Electronic Medical Record such as CareConnect with appropriate class work.
Ability to identify referral sources and to provide referrals for economic, psychosocial and home health care programs.
Skill in completing and entering patient notes, tracking forms and consultation notes at appropriate intervals into database.
Ability to understand the mission of the Simms/Mann - UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology and to implement its objectives for the delivery of patient care.
Ability to provide clinical knowledge to less experienced clinicians including developing didactic trainings, evaluating students, field instructor accreditation.
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