Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Req #: 244614

Department: UW MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE AT FREMONT

Posting Date: 04/04/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $41.32 - $64.66 per hour

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here.

$5,000 Recruitment Incentive to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine UW Medicine Primary Care at has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Worker! WORK SCHEDULE

• 40 hours per week

• Monday – Friday

• Remote work 2 days per week AFTER 6 month probationary period

• Day Shift POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Provides professional social work services in a primary care setting

• Provides social work services to clients/patients, their families, and/or others, all while exercising independent decision-making authority and expertise specific to assigned area of practice. DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Fremont is known as "The Center of the Universe," so what better place to have a primary care clinic for families at any stage of life?

UW Medicine board-certified providers offer a complete spectrum of primary care services five days a week, including family medicine with behavioral health, travel medicine, nutrition services, reproductive health and sports medicine.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to provide psychosocial support and support utilization guidance to patients and families

• Provides care coordination for patients with complex social and medical histories

• Makes timely referrals to hospital and/community agencies, including those required by mandatory reporting laws such and child and vulnerable adult abuse

• Participates in practicum instruction of social work students and provides work direction to Social Work Assistant(s) and other staff

• Engages in departmental program development activities, tasks forces, and committees

• Provide crisis intervention to patients both over the phone and in person

• Provide psychosocial assessments along with individual and group therapy utilizing evidence-based interventions REQUIREMENTS

• Masters of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work EducationAND

• One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent.(Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and/or employment experience.) WASHINGTON STATE LEGAL REQUIREMENT Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:Agency Affiliated Counselor, or

• Licensed Social Work Associate - Advanced, or

• Licensed Social Work Associate - Independent Clinical, or

• Licensed Advance Social Worker, or

• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker ABOUT UW MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE UW Medicine Primary Care is a network of clinics located throughout the Puget Sound region. The clinics offer a wide spectrum of primary care services, as well as secondary care, from pediatrics to geriatrics. Urgent care services are offered seven days a week at select locations.

UW Medicine Primary Care is dedicated to improving the health of the public; our providers and staff are the cornerstones of our success. The foundation of our efforts to deliver exceptional care to our patients and families begins with our focus on the continuous development of our employees.

Compassion. Innovation. Excellence. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/employment-at-primary-care)

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public?by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.