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St. Luke's Health System Crisis and Consultant Social Worker in Boise, Idaho
At St. Luke’s, our dedicated team of Behavioral Health professionals strive to build a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture that delivers exceptional patient experiences.
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is a mental health professional that independently provides psychosocial assessment and intervention to patients and families across a continuum of care.
What You Can Expect:
Provides crisis intervention services to patients via video while they are in an ambulatory clinic or via phone in the community
Provides consultation to physicians, healthcare professionals, or community partners in understanding psychiatric, behavioral, social, emotional, and cultural factors related to plan of care for the patient
Consults with staff regarding clinical situations; assists inter-disciplinary team in dealing with complex, high-risk or difficult psychosocial situations
Serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and is a liaison with community resources
Provides community resource information and referrals
May provide individual, group, or family therapy
May participate in Third Party billing
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Qualifications:
Education: Masters degree
Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Idaho
For more information, please contact Julie at leguinej@slhs.org
SLHS is dedicated to quickly addressing issues of suicidal ideation and other psychosocial stressors expressed by patients in the 300+ outpatient medical clinics across the health system. This role will provide on-demand support to these clinics across southern Idaho. This innovative position will provide the incumbent with a varied clinical experience of crisis intervention and supportive counseling via virtual functionality.
A successful candidate will be effective in conducting suicide risk assessments, intervening with risk mitigation strategies and familiar with crisis intervention practices. The candidate will proactively develop rapport with the outpatient clinic staff and be effective at fostering bidirectional communication. This position is also a remote patient management role and is the latest evolution of home-based monitoring-connecting patients with a care team tracking warning signs. The ideal candidate will be comfortable providing all services via a virtual platform. Patients have a daily connection with nurses and social workers who monitor vitals and look for behavioral signs such as depression or anxiety.
At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.
St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.
*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.