Job Description

The GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) was incorporated in July 2000 as a not-for-profit, physician-led practice group. The organization functioned as an independent organization in support of The George Washington University School of Medicine and Sciences as a multi-specialty physician practice group. The GW MFA has grown to become the largest independent academic physician practice in the Washington, DC metro region with 375 physicians and 100 APP providers. In 2018, the MFA bylaws were revised to allow The George Washington University to serve as the sole corporate member while the MFA retained independent 501c3 status. The purpose of the change was to ensure alignment between the MFA and The George Washington University.

MFA physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, MFA providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers preserving the rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a closely integrated alliance with The George Washington University and The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) which is separately owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), the GW MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals.

The GW MFA’s leading healthcare presence in the DC metro region is complemented by a network of community-based practices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Given its geographic location in central NW Washington, DC, and proximity to more than 175 resident embassies, the MFA continues to evolve its international clinical outreach.

The Cancer Center Social Worker is responsible for providing psychosocial and clinical support services to Cancer Center patients and their families primarily in the outpatient setting. The Social Worker assesses patients from a culturally and ethnically diverse population and provides outpatient clinical intervention while establishing plans for effective management of identified needs. The Social Worker acts as an advocate for patients and provides supportive, short-term counseling, crisis intervention and care management to individuals and/or their families impacted by cancer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

• Conducts initial and ongoing comprehensive psychosocial assessments in order address the clinical needs of Cancer Center patients and their family members.
• Provide individual, couple, and family therapy. Clinical services include individual, couple, and family therapies with psychiatric outpatient assessments.
• Development of a care plan with patient and family based on mutually agreed upon goals to enhance, maintain and promote optimal psychosocial functioning throughout cancer treatment and its outcome.
• Collaboration with other professional disciplines in the planning and provision of timely and efficient clinical services to cancer patients and their families.
• Refer patients and/or family members to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education.
• Develops, implements and facilitates various psycho-educational support groups and programs for Cancer Center patients and/or their families.
• Participates actively in the Survivorship Clinic by informing patients of the clinic, providing short-term therapy to clinic patients when needed, and performing IRB-approved research.
• Provides supervision and educational activities of graduate level 2nd year social work and art therapy student interns and volunteers as needed
• Maintain comprehensive, timely and accurate documentation of patient assessments and interventions in the electronic health record.
• Collaboration with other disciplines and staff in the areas of psychosocial clinical services, patient-and family-centered care, research and education.
• Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems to advance health equity, improve quality, and reduce health disparities.

Qualifications

Education

• Masters Degree in Social Work. OSW-C preferred or obtained within 2 years of hire.

Licensure

• A current social work license in the District of Columbia.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of medical social work experience within the Cancer Center specialty is required