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Description

Under

supervision of Center Director and Clinical Director, you will serve as a team

member of the Simms Mann Center, providing comprehensive psychosocial care to

patients with cancer and their families, and the Bowyer Oncology team,

providing direct case management, resource navigation, and direct care

delivery. Provide culturally-competent direct social work services, including

assessment, intervention, and recommendations to individual patients and their

families often from marginalized, sociodemographically under represented, and

under-resourced areas. The majority of patients receiving care at the Bowyer clinic

travel far distances for treatment and utilize Medicare/MediCal payor systems.

Participate

in interdisciplinary activities, complies with departmental standards regarding

attendance, documentation, continuous quality improvement, statistics,

departmental policies and procedures, and follows the Code of Ethics. Identify

patients, respond to referrals and meets the wide range of needs of the Bowyer

Oncology Department. Provide referrals for economic, psychological, social,

hospice, and home health care as needed. Chart all contacts in an electronic

medical record. Work in a complex medical system and assists patients in

navigating that system. Provide other related services that promote the Simms

Mann Center and improve the quality of life of the patient and family touched

by cancer. Develop a thorough familiarity with Simms Mann Center and community

resources in order to help patients locate what they need. Administer/utilize screening

tools to develop appropriate interventions and resources. Participate in

program evaluation and development. Work with other oncology professionals to

promote quality of life of patients. Update and screen the Center's resource

referral network and website, select appropriate information, websites and

resources to be made accessible to patients. Participate in program development

as required. Participate in training of interns and volunteers. Respond to STAT

referrals and elevated patient needs.

Additional

responsibilities as needed, including but not limited to, serving in clinical

consultant role for California End of Life Act as per UCLA policy, travel to

multiple UCLA oncology clinics, and conducting a therapeutic support groups.

Keep

current with professional social work health care knowledge base and pursue

further enhancement of job-related knowledge. LCSW and oncology experience

required. Understanding of fast-paced outpatient infusion center operations,

medical issues, and complications in variety of Hematologic/Oncologic diagnoses

preferred. Experience navigating challenging social dynamics and

communication/language barriers preferred.

Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred.

The

full 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 at

the 2 or 3 level based on experience and licensure.

Qualifications

Required:

• 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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