Medical Social Worker, Adult Psychiatric
Medical Social Worker, Adult Psychiatric
US-OR-Portland
Requisition ID: 2026-40110
Position Category: Allied Health
Job Type: AFSCME union represented
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Posting Department: Care Management
Posting Salary Range: $89,822.20 - $136,014.58 per year with offer based on experience, education and internal equity
Posting FTE: 1.00
Posting Schedule: Monday - Friday
Posting Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm
HR Mission: Healthcare
Drug Testable: Yes
Department Overview
The Adult Mental Health Social Worker provides services to address the psychosocial needs of patients and families affected by mental health emergencies. The social worker partners closely with the Psychiatric Consultation Service to initiate and implement mental health care to patients admitted to inpatient units. This trauma-informed care includes acute mental health assessments, crisis stabilization, treatment planning, counseling, and resource referrals. Further, the social worker establishes plans for discharge to the most appropriate levels of care. The Adult Mental Health Social Worker is an identified expert in mental health issues and provides both consultation and educational programming to OHSU staff and the community.
- Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others including, but not limited to the following: adjustment to medical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child and elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
- Provides crisis intervention and supportive short-term counseling to patients/families and significant others as necessary to meet immediate psycho-social needs including, but not limited to: Trauma/Emergency Department/ On Call/ Family Notification, CODE Response (family intervention); unanticipated change in health conditions/suicidal ideation; teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood, domestic violence, child and elder abuse/neglect.
- Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise; actual/pending death of patient/family member; complicated pregnancies; pregnancy termination support, postpartum depression; chronic/acute stress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss of independence associated with illness or disability.
- Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual short-term psychotherapy; group work including information/support groups, family support, patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues of adoption, abortion, domestic violence, family of origin, sexual/gender, substance abuse, parenting, relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic or acute illness.
- Provides patient advocacy and associated services to patient/family and other involved agencies/parties regarding decision-making; advance directives; ethics consultations; court holds; guardianship/conservatorship; citizenship cases; and social cultural factors.
- Other Duties as Assigned
Required Qualifications
- A Master’s Social Work (MSW) required.
- Certificate of Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required for employees who practice clinical social work.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year hospital experience;
- 3 years working in Mental Health
- Bilingual language skill are strongly preferred
- LCSW
Additional Details
Posted 6/30/2026 at 1:31pm
Routine office:
Frequent interruptions in an environment of frequent change and fluctuations May be exposed to body fluids, tissue, possible radiation exposure, and infectious processes Subject to computer work for several hours, as needed Able to utilize office equipment within work area, including computer, smartphone, and pager in-clinic and remote. Comfortable working in a shared office environment.
For outpatient positions:
Some opportunities for flexible remote work. Remote work at OHSU is a work arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of their position, and other authorized activities, from a non-OHSU location as part of their approved, regular schedule. The OCSW is expected to be in-person all but one day of the work week, unless FTE is 0.5 or less which requires on-site presence each day. Some specialty clinic positions may differ. The OCSW is expected to follow the terms outlined in the department Telehealth work agreement and may be required to come to the hospital/clinic at short notice on a remote day.
CHO locations: Some travel may be required.
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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