SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER (100% FTE, DAYS)

Req #: 241708 Department: UW MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE AT ISSAQUAH Job Location: UW Medicine Primary Care Posting Date: 02/28/2025 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $41.32 - $64.66 per hour Other Compensation: Union Position: Yes Shift: First Shift Benefits: 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 Issaquah has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Worker!

WORK SCHEDULE

40 hours per week

Monday – Friday

Remote work 1 day per week AFTER 6 month probationary period

Day Shift

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

Provides professional social work services in a client/patient clinical teaching and research environment.

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
The UW Primary Care team of Social Workers is dedicated to advancing UW Medicine's mission of improving the health of the public. We strive to provide high quality patient-centered care and support the continued learning of our team members.

Located just off of I-90 near the Issaquah Transit Center, the UW Medicine Primary & Urgent Care offers appointments six days a week, including evenings and same-day urgent care.

Board-certified providers offer a complete spectrum of primary care services, including family medicine, internal medicine, behavioral health, travel medicine, nutrition services, and sleep medicine. For your convenience, our site includes an on-site lab and digital X-ray facilities. Clinic providers speak various languages including Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and Hindi.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides specialty consultations among health care staff and health care teams regarding psychosocially focused aspects of client/patient care.

Provides psychosocial support and support utilization guidance to patients and families.

Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement safe effective case management and counseling programs in specialized programs.

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.

REQUIREMENTS

Masters of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
AND

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.

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. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

Salary : $41 - $65