License Clinical Social Worker

O/P Behavioral Health Program

PRN, Shifts Vary, 0.001 FTE

Mercy Hospital 

Miami, FL

Facility Description:

Since 1950 HCA Florida Mercy Hospital has been serving the healthcare needs of South Florida. Licensed for 488-beds, Accredited by the Joint Commission, HCA Florida Mercy Hospital is affiliated with more than 1,000 physicians representing a wide range of medical specialties to serve the residents of Miami-Dade county and surrounding communities. Services include emergency care, heart and vascular care, maternity and neonatal care (Level II NICU), as well as outpatient and CARF accredited inpatient rehabilitation. Accessible by land, air and sea, Mercy is designated by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center and the hospital’s Comprehensive Community Cancer Program is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida, and affiliated with HCA Healthcare’s East Florida Division. As Miami-Dade County’s only Catholic hospital, HCA Florida Mercy has maintained its reputation for excellence while following the Catholic tradition of caring for God’s people and providing spiritual support. Since its inception, HCA Florida Mercy Hospital has been dedicated to providing excellent medical care, while remaining true to its mission of caring for the physical and spiritual needs of all the people it serves.

Benefits:

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, we offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:

•    Student Loan Repayment*

•    Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs*

•    Paid Personal Leave

•    401k (100% annual match – 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)

•    Identity Theft Protection discounts

•    Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options

•    Adoption Assistance

•    Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)*

*If applicable, please refer to the CBA or the local HR office to confirm if this benefit applies to your position.

Position Description:

The LCSW provides assessment, psychosocial evaluations, and individual, family and group therapy. Must demonstrate use of best practices: approaches to counseling practice that have empirical evidence to support their effectiveness. Scope of practice to include mental health and substance use disorder treatment.  Ability to engage patients in the treatment process is necessary. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. This position necessitates working in a team setting to ensure quality throughout the continuum of care, as well as identifying those individuals who meet criteria for outpatient admission. In the outpatient setting clinicians engage in frequent communication with community partners referring to our programs.

Job tasks and responsibilities include:

• Responsible and accountable for coordination of services through an interdisciplinary process which provides a clinical and psychosocial approach through the continuum of care 
• Group Therapy: process and psycho-educational groups
• Individual and family therapy
• Knowledgeable of community resources
• Engages patient’s family in treatment planning, when appropriate
• Provides age and culturally appropriate care
• Timely documentation in the patient record
• Follows hospital and regulatory guidelines
• Protects patient privacy
• Demonstrates competence in the performance of tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu
• Monitors patient behavior and the environment of care and intervenes appropriately to maintain safety
• Consistently demonstrates professional and ethical behavior consistent with hospital standards
• Other duties as assigned