Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Trauma Program LCSW is an integral member of the multidisciplinary Trauma team and provides comprehensive psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, patient and family support, resource coordination, behavioral health linkage, longitudinal follow-up, and discharge planning for injured patients across the continuum of care.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Follow trauma patients from admission through discharge, beginning in the Emergency Department and continuing with patients admitted to inpatient units, step-down units, and Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
• Screen trauma patients from admission, conduct ongoing chart reviews, identify psychosocial and behavioral health needs, coordinate interventions and referrals, and provide continuity of psychosocial care throughout hospitalization and following discharge.
• Collaborate closely with Trauma Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Utilization Management, Rehabilitation, Behavioral Health, Addiction Services, and other clinical services to address psychosocial barriers affecting recovery, safety, adherence, disposition, and reintegration into the community.
• Support trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, patient- and family-centered care.
• Contribute to the Trauma Program’s performance improvement, injury prevention, education, community outreach, longitudinal follow-up, and trauma verification-readiness activities.
• Provide dedicated trauma-focused psychosocial assessment, intervention, coordination, documentation, and follow-up, complementing rather than replacing existing Social Work activities.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of psychosocial issues associated with traumatic injury, PTSD, grief, crisis intervention, behavioral health, substance use, violence, and community reintegration.
• Knowledge of community resources, benefits, behavioral health services, substance-use resources, violence-related services, trauma-informed care, and discharge-planning principles.
• Ability to conduct timely psychosocial screenings, assessments, chart reviews, interventions, referrals, and longitudinal follow-up.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, clinical teams, community agencies, and multidisciplinary partners in high-acuity and emotionally challenging circumstances.
• Ability to collaborate within a multidisciplinary Trauma Program and coordinate care across the Emergency Department, inpatient units, ICUs, rehabilitation settings, outpatient services, and community resources.
• Ability to provide standardized electronic medical record documentation, including Trauma Social Work SmartPhrase/SmartText documentation.
• Ability to attend Trauma Program morning meetings, multidisciplinary rounds, case conferences, performance improvement activities, and other program meetings and initiatives as assigned.
• Commitment to trauma-informed, culturally responsive, patient- and family-centered social work services.
• Acute inpatient discharge planning.
• Trauma and behavioral health support.
• Experience with trauma-focused psychosocial care, crisis intervention and family support, PTSD screening and follow-up, complex discharge planning, behavioral health and community resource coordination, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration with trauma surgeons, nursing, and clinical teams.
• Staff and resident education related to trauma and social work best practices.
• This role is not intended for candidates primarily interested in private practice or psychotherapy-focused work.

Required Education:

•  Master’s Degree in Social Work or similar.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) from the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
• Primary Source Verification of both LCSW License and Registration from NYSED.
• Preferred: Trauma Certification.

Languages:

• English — Speak, Read, Write.