Senior Medical Social Worker (2922) - Citywide - H00160

Senior Medical Social Workers are advocates for clients, working jointly with team members in assessing patient medical needs, treatment, and the social, emotional, and psychological consequences of illness.
Essential job functions include:
May supervise several Medical Social Workers and auxiliary personnel
Plans and develops medical social services and assigns staff
Responsible for the more difficult medical social work cases
Reviews of casework and related records of subordinate Medical Social Workers and ancillary staff
Makes corrections and adjustments where indicated
Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team
Collaborates with medical professionals and consultants on various social work case problems and referrals
Carries out, interprets, and enforces existing regulations, legal provisions, policies and procedures to Medical Social Workers, medical vendors and other concerned agents, organizations, and individuals
Conducts interviews with Medical Social Workers related to medical care and treatment of individual cases
Determines and utilizes community resources to benefit medical care patients
Monitors planning for care of clients
As part of an interdisciplinary team, participates in the preparation and maintenance of individual medical social work case records
Prepares or supervises the preparation of periodic performance reports and related statistics
Performs related duties as required/assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
License and Certification*
Possession of current Clinical Social Worker licensure (LCSW) issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as required under Title 22, California Administrative Code, Section 70055.
Experience**
Two years post-Master Medical Social Worker experience in a licensed healthcare setting.
*Valid licensure must be kept current throughout the length of employment. Failure to demonstrate/show proof of possession of required valid licensure may result in dismissal and/or termination of employment.
**One-year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week).
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
Some positions may require special conditions which may include, but are not limited to:
Homeless Programs experience
Passing Bilingual Proficiency assessment
VERIFICATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Review SF Careers Employment Applications for considerations taken when reviewing applications.
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education or experience verification is required, information on how to verify education and experience requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/experience-education/.
Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No