Job Description

Better at Work. Better at Life. 

When you work at St. Jude, you’ll join a highly collaborative work culture that inspires you every day to be your best.  With opportunities for learning and growth, you can shape a career path that is right for you while also enjoying all the benefits and stability of working for a world-class institution. This includes work-life balance with generous paid time-off and on-campus conveniences that make life a little easier. Join us and you’ll quickly see why St. Jude is consistently ranked by our employees on Glassdoor as a “Best Place to Work.” 

Provide compassionate and comprehensive social work services for patients and families navigating the treatment trajectory following a diagnosis of catastrophic or chronic illness. Services include conducting psychosocial assessments, providing psychoeducation and anticipatory guidance, providing counseling, facilitating community resource referrals, providing community outreach, assisting with pre-admission planning, providing on-call crisis coverage, providing social work consultation, facilitating patient and family support groups, and providing bereavement follow-up. High-acuity cases receive additional supervision from the Manager or Director.

Demonstrates the ability to draw insights from data and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining composure. Communicates effectively across all levels, tailoring messages to diverse audiences and using a data-driven approach to address underperformance and celebrate successes. Collaborates with partners to find solutions aligned with functional priorities. Applies evidence-based practices in patient care, guiding team members in evidence-informed approaches. Engages with patients and families compassionately, addressing their needs and facilitating optimal care solutions. Manages psychosocial programs using project management tools, prioritizing tasks independently while coordinating with cross-functional teams. Implements quality improvement initiatives by analyzing data and proposing changes based on research findings to enhance program outcomes.

Social Worker II

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide social work services for high-risk patients/families, including psychosocial assessment, counseling, and suicide risk assessment, in accordance with department objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Intervene with patients/families experiencing complex psychosocial challenges, including trauma/abuse/neglect, caregiver physical or emotional illness, grief and bereavement, treatment adherence concerns, etc.
• Collaborate with the patient and family to establish and carry out comprehensive psychosocial treatment plans considering specific needs, strengths, and barriers to treatment.
• Facilitate resource referrals from community, social, health, and other agencies as needed by the patient and family.
• Demonstrate increased proficiency in anticipating and preventing treatment-related barriers.
• Demonstrate increased proficiency in providing crisis intervention related to patient or caregiver mental health, recurrence of disease, treatment adherence, suspected abuse/neglect, etc.
• Consult and collaborate with other members of the medical care team to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Facilitate and participate in patient care, ethics, discharge planning, and other interdisciplinary care conferences.
• May lead educational and consultation activities for hospital staff/community agencies (e.g., orientation of hospital staff, seminars, workshops, patient/family/community education materials).
• May participate in research activities resulting in the creation of articles and papers for publication or presentation.
• Assist with the development and implementation of patient/family/community education materials that are culturally sensitive and supported by current research.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Minimum Experience:

• Master's level internship or post-master's experience in a relevant field (e.g., medical, mental health, child services).

• Minimum of two years post-master's experience in a medical, mental health, or child services setting is preferred.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

• One of the certifications is required:

• Tennessee Licensed Master’s Social Work (LMSW) through the Tennessee Department of Health

• Licensed Advanced Practice Social Worker (LAPSW) through the Tennessee Department of Health

• Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) through the Tennessee Department of Health

• For those not yet licensed in TN (or already licensed in another state), the LMSW, LAPSW, or LCSW must be obtained within six months of hire, including successful passage of the ASWB licensure exam within three months of hire.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• None

Sr. Social Worker

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide social work services for high-risk patients/families, including psychosocial assessment, counseling, and suicide risk assessment, in accordance with department objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Intervene with patients/families experiencing complex psychosocial challenges, including trauma/abuse/neglect, caregiver physical or emotional illness, grief and bereavement, treatment adherence concerns, etc.
• Collaborate with the patient and family to establish and carry out comprehensive psychosocial treatment plans considering specific needs, strengths, and barriers to treatment.
• Facilitate resource referrals from community, social, health, and other agencies as needed by the patient and family.
• Demonstrate increased proficiency in anticipating and preventing treatment-related barriers.
• Demonstrate increased proficiency in providing crisis intervention related to patient or caregiver mental health, recurrence of disease, treatment adherence, suspected abuse/neglect, etc.
• Consult and collaborate with other members of the medical care team to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Facilitate and participate in patient care, ethics, discharge planning, and other interdisciplinary care conferences.
• May lead educational and consultation activities for hospital staff/community agencies (e.g., orientation of hospital staff, seminars, workshops, patient/family/community education materials).
• May participate in research activities resulting in the creation of articles and papers for publication or presentation.
• Assist with the development and implementation of patient/family/community education materials that are culturally sensitive and supported by current research.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Master's degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Minimum Experience:

• 2+ years post-master's experience in a relevant field (e.g., medical, mental health, child services).
• Proven performance in earlier role.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

• Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required. For those already licensed as clinical social workers in another state, the TN LCSW must be obtained within six months of hire.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• None.

Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Performs comprehensive literature search and appraises research and quality improvement evidence.
• Integrates insights and observations across analyses/ sources to identify/ recommend potential opportunities for improvement action and changes in systems or processes.
• Effectively relays understanding of diverse perspectives.
• Can handle communication upwards and downwards as needed.
• Presents information in a clear, well thought out way and tailored to the audience.
• Shows support for the new direction even when the details have not been finalized.
• Uses a data-driven approach to spot early indications of underperformance and takes corrective actions. Celebrates successes.
• Works with partners in their function to find the best solutions that align with functional priorities. Works effectively to find solutions.
• Manages less complex programs , end to end, within area of subject matter expertise using project management tools and methodologies.
• Defines scope and milestones clearly with a clear understanding of patient/ team needs and overall program goals.
• Identifies and regularly communicates with critical cross functional stakeholders, managing resources & conflicts and drive accountabilities.
• Ability to look at data more critically and draw meaningful conclusions. Conducts root-cause analysis as needed.
• Quickly rebounds from setbacks, including creating viable plans to move forward.
• Helps others understand the need for change and adapt to it.
• Consistently applies concepts & approaches in social work area and evidence-based and evidence-informed practice to care of patients within area.
• Guides early career team members around steps and approaches for evidence-based practice within own area.
• Proactively engages with patients with respect and empathy to understand changing needs and ensure compassionate focused care as appropriate.
• Executes new approaches to improve patient care systems, processes, and communication across teams as appropriate.
• Consistently seeks out, brings attention to, and addresses complex patient needs and priorities to ensure an integrated patient care experience as appropriate.

Compensation

In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $65,520 - $114,400 per year for the role of Social Worker II or Sr Social Worker.

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