Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW On Site Okinawa, Japan

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Practice as an interdependent member of the health team and provide important components of primary health care through direct social work services, consultation, collaboration, referral, teaching, and advocacy.
• Provide direct and indirect services to both inpatients and outpatients in accordance with social work standards of practice.
• Assess and treat outpatients in individual, group, couples, and family modalities exercising professional judgment and using a wide range of social work skills to include individual and family counseling to assist patients and their families in dealing with chronic and acute diseases/injuries.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine patient needs and resources (both family and community support) and provide counseling to patient and family in matters directly related to patient limitations, adjustment to medical condition, and ongoing treatment.
• Develop and implement discharge plans, follow‑up care, and transfers to other health care facilities (e.g., nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals, and VA facilities).
• Plan and maintain referral and coordination services with civilian health and social service agencies to provide optimal patient care.
• Provide consultation services to medical, nursing, and ancillary hospital staff regarding psychosocial issues, discharge plans, and follow‑up care for patients and families.
• Provide crisis intervention services.
• Respond independently, and with various media, to appropriate military and community requests for lectures and presentations.
• Take the initiative in seeking out opportunities to present programs to meet the needs of service members and their families.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with community resources; coordinate with teachers, lawyers, physicians, and representatives of their service disciplines for the benefit of the service member and families.
• Take initiative in identifying and assessing the needs of the military community and organize responses to address those needs.
• Participate in executing the Emergency Preparedness Plan (drills and actual emergencies) as scheduled by the MTF (typically semiannually).
• Participate in peer review and performance improvement activities.
• Participate in the implementation of the Family Advocacy Program as directed by government supervisor, including necessary medical examination, documentation, and reporting.
• Attend and/or comply with all annual training classes required by the Command, including online annual training, disaster training, infection control, Sexual Harassment, Bloodborne Pathogens, Fire and Safety, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE), and all other required training.
• Actively participate in the command’s Performance Improvement Program; review and evaluate care provided to patients, identify opportunities to improve care, and recommend corrective action when problems exist.
• Perform efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remain calm, inform appropriate persons, and document events, anticipating potential problems/emergencies and making appropriate interventions.
• Notify supervisor, director, or other designated person regarding problems that the HCW is unable to manage.
• Comply with the standards of The Joint Commission, applicable provisions of law, and the rules and regulations of any and all governmental authorities pertaining to licensure and regulation of health care personnel and medical treatment facilities, the regulations and standards of medical practice and the MTF’s medical staff bylaws.
• Participate in continuing education to meet own professional growth.
• Participate in the provision of in‑service training to clinic staff members.
• Provide training…