Collaborates with physicians and other medical staff to screen pregnant and postpartum women for mental illness.
Contacts patients with positive screens for brief assessment and triage.
Enrolls patients in collaborative care program and tracks their progress through patient registry.
Provides brief psychotherapy to patients.
Runs support groups for patients.
Collaborates with physicians and staff regarding patient situations, including weekly case management meetings and ad‑hoc communication.
Documents in medical records according to established procedures and by verbal communications as appropriate to ensure continuity of care.
Refers patients with higher acuity of mental health illness to appropriate other services (linked perinatal psychiatry service and/or community programs and/or emergency services).
Assists with staff in‑services on patient/customer service issues as needed.
Participates, as appropriate, in professional, educational, and supportive seminars, events, and community efforts.
Provides assistance to patients in arranging needed care services at home.
Stays up to date with governmental, professional, and institutional regulations, legislation, policies, and standards of care in social work in general. Stays up to date with changes in social work practice and social work/psychosocial literature.
Experience
At least 3-5 years of related experience. Experience with the perinatal population is strongly desired but not required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Excellent organizational and time‑management abilities, able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Skilled with patient interaction, problem solving, patient navigation, listening.
Licenses and Certifications
Licensed clinical social worker in the State of New York.
Possesses the ability to facilitate the flow of information through effective written and oral communications.
Maintains a flexible and forward‑thinking approach to the way work is done.
Approaches our job knowing that there are internal and external customers whose expectations we strive to exceed.
Maintains a team‑oriented approach, and possesses the ability to cultivate positive and collegial workplace relationships.
Understands the need to be responsible for our own outcomes, and takes pride in delivering the best possible work product.
Possesses excellent work‑related skills and the ability to apply them, while continually seeking ways to improve.
Demonstrates integrity and ethics at all times.
Appreciates and understands the connection between individual goals, department goals, and the organizational mission.
Contact
Resume and cover letter, and all inquiries, should go to Samantha Mayer sam2067@med.cornell.edu