Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Join our team at Tinker Air Force Base as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving our military community!

Tinker Air Force Base is the host site for the Air Force Sustainment Center. The mission of the 72nd Medical Group (MDG) is to enable medically fit forces, promote expeditionary medics and improve the health and wellness of Team Tinker. 

JOB SUMMARY

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker is assigned to the Primary Health Clinic (Patient-Centered Medical Home – PCMH) and serves as an internal behavioral health consultant (IBHC) / behavioral health care facilitator.

CORE DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides brief (typically no more than four appointments) cognitive/behavioral interventions in primary care under the Air Force consultation model (i.e., per the Air Force Behavioral Health Optimization Program Practice Manual). Services will mimic the pace of primary care (i.e., patients seen for 15-to 30-minute appointments).
• Effectively manage a patient load of a minimum of 60 appointments per week, as defined by Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) standards.
• Works independently in the absence of direct oversight and adheres to Air Force values. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing and resolving professional issues.
• May provide classes in format appropriate for primary care (e.g., stress management class, sleep enhancement class, chronic pain class).
• Successfully consults with PCMs on-demand about general issues and specific patients.
• Ensures PCMs receive same-day verbal and/or written feedback on patients referred.
• Delivers brief presentations/trainings to primary care team members regarding behavioral health issues and IBHC services.
• Participates in team efforts to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise clinical pathway programs needed in the clinic.
• Provide concise documentation of care and recommendations in the patient’s electronic medical record within the allowable timeframe defined by the MTF standard after the patient is seen.
• Duties may include supervision of providers who are in training or not fully licensed in Behavioral Health therapy, and participating in Air Force-approved research projects relating to PCBH.
• Consults with medical personnel, legal authorities, school districts, and military commanders as required.
• Participates in military-specific training (e.g., use of the Air Force Guide for Suicide Risk Assessment, Management, and Treatment, pre-post deployment screening, PTSD, and combat stress, etc.).
• Attends and participates in meetings during normal duty hours and professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities such as, but not limited to the following: quality improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, primary care staff meetings, and others required by applicable regulations, MTF guidance, or as directed by supervisor.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A Master of Social Work degree from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program or a program acceptable to the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force.
• Must have a minimum of two years within the past five years in the independent practice of clinical social work in a mental health setting working with an adult and pediatric patient population.
• Must have one year experience in the last three years in the evaluation and treatment of patients who have pain, psychological factors affecting their physical condition, mood disorders, or difficulty coping with medical problems.
• A current, valid, unrestricted license to practice independent social work without clinical supervision in any one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin  Islands.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• This position is based at a military facility. Must be a U.S. citizen. 

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Must be skillful and tactful in communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous.
• Must possess organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/care givers, medical and non-medical staff in a professional and courteous way.
• Must be proficient with computer operations, basic word processing, data entry, and use of an automated medical record system.