Are you committed to holistic patient-centered care? Do you thrive providing adult and pediatric care in a variety of settings? If you want to grow as an empathetic advocate for the needs of vulnerable populations, you may be perfect for our Legacy team.

Legacy Silverton Medical Center serves the heart of the Willamette Valley with a wide mix of services, many not typically available in a community hospital: CT scan (computerized tomography), nuclear medicine, echocardiography, family birth center and much more.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Interviews, assesses and evaluates patients and families who present for mental health; provides professional counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/familial functioning.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Interview, assess and evaluate clients and families; provide professional counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/family stability
• Prepare intake summaries, treatment plans and case summaries
• Chart members’ treatment and progress in accordance with state and other regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards
• Develop, implement and evaluate treatment approaches for clients and affected family members, including individual, family, group or intensive therapeutic modalities
• Confer and consult with center physicians regarding client's progress and treatment
• Utilizes resources within the medical home that meet the needs of the client's treatment goals
• Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem
• Develops implements and evaluates treatment approaches for patients which may include individual, marital, and/or family therapeutic modalities
• Provides team treatment consultation and approaches within mental health department.
• Maintains confidential individual case summaries
• Consults with and accepts guidance from Mental Health clinical director for complex patient interventions and development of plan of care
• Works in collaborative team model to further strategic departmental goals and objectives

EDUCATION:

Master of Social Work degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

EXPERIENCE:

This position requires a minimum of one year relevant experience. Experience in one or more of the following areas strongly preferred:

• Care Management
• Behavioral Health
• Social Services
• Addictions treatment

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. 

For additional information please formally apply or contact Erin Pendergraft at EPENDERG@LHS.ORG