Position Description:
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) brings a synergy between the best medical education, research and patient care. Tomorrow’s discoveries happen right here alongside the very people who bring those lessons to our students. Every bit of knowledge, and every advancement, provides our students with an unprecedented, collaborative learning environment, and helps improve the vitality and care of our communities.
Purpose
In the role of HIV Social Worker II you will be working in the department of Medicine to provide advanced medical social work services to HIV-positive patients who are seen in both the outpatient and inpatient settings at Froedtert Hospital. Medical social work services may include care coordination, benefits access, treatment adherence, proficient disease progression education, prevention, and counseling. To participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team serving a specialized population of HIV patients.
Primary Functions
- Provide medical case management of high acuity people living with HIV, who receive their medical care in the Froedtert Infectious Disease Clinic.
- Provide social work services (non-case management needs) to individuals seen in the Froedtert HIV clinic, with a diverse range of socially and medically complex needs
- Triage of emergent situations, phone conversations, and in clinic patient appointments with the ability to negotiate healthcare and social service systems
- Complete intake assessments and develop appropriate service plans. Utilize referrals as needed
- Interface with clinical staff and support social service peers with immediate clinic questions
- Provide HIV education with a high level of expertise including disease progression, treatment and prevention to patients and their support system.
- Provide clinic social work support to HIV clinic and hospitals within the Froedtert and Medical College system and the Division of Infectious Disease including Froedtert West Bend.
- Complete documentation requirements for all services provided and participate in clinical supervision/consultation in compliance with all county, state and federal rules.
- Serves as a team member on multidisciplinary medical care team, communicating with team members to ensure comprehensive and quality wrap-around support.
- Collaborates with inpatient staff, community partners, medical case management staff and Partner Services to support retention of care.
Preferred Schedule:
Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.
Position Requirements:
Knowledge – Skills – Abilities
Advanced knowledge of HIV disease progression and treatment practices, including HIV medications. Complex understanding of benefits available to HIV-positive patients and social service systems. Ability to provide mental health screening and appropriate referral, as well as crisis triage and management. Ability to function in an interdisciplinary team member. Sociocultural sensitivity. Ability to respond to clinical and administrative emergencies. Education and/or experience in outpatient interventions in community social service and mental health settings.
Knowledge of biology, clinical judgment, medicine, cultural awareness, and consulting.
Medical documentation, interpersonal, practice-based learning and improvement, empathy, and decision-making skills.
Specifications
Appropriate experience may be substituted on equivalent basis
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or other Mental Health related field.
- 1-3 years experience working with people living with HIV in a community support or clinical setting.
- Licensed Social Worker (State of Wisconsin), required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3 or more years working with HIV care, prevention, or other related public health field
- Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
Certification
- Within first year of hire: Motivational Interviewing, Counseling Testing and Referral required.
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Why MCW?
- Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental. Along with Flexible Spending options
- 403B Retirement Package
- Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes.
- Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.
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For a brief overview of our benefits see: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/human-resources/benefits
Eastern Wisconsin is a vibrant, diverse metropolitan area. MCW is intent on attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce and faculty body that reflects the community we serve. We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, thought, and perspectives to advance excellence in science and medicine. MCW is a welcoming campus community with a strong culture of collaboration, partnership, and engagement with our surrounding community. For more information, please visit our institutional website at https://www.mcw.edu/departments/office-of-diversity-and-inclusion.
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
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