Social Worker

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive CareDominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

Position Summary: 

Under the direction of the Social Work Supervisor, provide social work services and counseling for patients and their families. Provide quality patient care, through assessment and treatment. The Clinical Social Worker has a wide range of freedom in applying individual professional judgment, discretion, and skill in patient management. The Clinical Social Worker has responsibilities for assigned patients including evaluation, treatment planning, patient treatment, and documentation of care. Clinical Social Workers are assigned patients ranging in age from neonatal to geriatrics. Assignments are dependent in the specific experience, training and demonstrated competence of the therapist and the needs of the patients.

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Six (6) months of social work experience required (excluding internship experience).
• Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from an accredited school of social work
• Effective written and oral communication; Basic computer skills; Resourcefulness, diplomacy and analytical skills; Self-directed, assertive, and creative in problem solving, systems planning and patient care management in a high volume work environment.

Preferred Qualifications:  

• One year healthcare experience
• Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW).