Job Information
Dignity Health Medical Social Worker MA in Merced, California
Overview
Mercy Medical Center a Dignity Health member has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.Wherever you work throughout our system you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality personalized care. Joining our 1300 employees 230 physicians and many volunteers you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.
Responsibilities
Position Summary
Supporting Community Healthcare is a rewarding role. Mercy Medical Center Merced is looking for a Social Worker (MSW) to work in The Rural Health Clinics in our Street Medicine program.
The MSW works as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team including Community Navigators Medical Assistants Licensed Vocational Nurses Registered Nurses and primary care providers.
As a key member of this team the MSW is responsible for outreach and engagement mental health assessment and intakes care plan development short term case management collaboration with licensed mental health clinicians and the larger medical and mental health system.
The MSW works with the team and partner organizations to identify priority issues and needs to connect with medical and behavioral health care and to receive social support and resources needed to improve health and wellness.
Please note that this position is for our Street Medicine Program.
This position is a grant-funded position and may be eliminated if funds are no longer available.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
One-year prior experience in a healthcare setting.
Master’s Degree in Social Work, or other related field.
Licensed Certified Social Worker OR must be a registered ASW with California Board of Behavioral Science.
Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate.
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
Pay Range
$41.07 - $55.28/hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.