JOB TITLE: Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Trauma
JOB DETAILS
Location: Bronx, NY 10451
Job Type: Temp to Perm
Duration: Permanent
Shift: Day Shift (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM or 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Salary: $85,000 – $95,000 annually
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Experience supporting trauma patient populations.
- Preferred: acute inpatient discharge planning and trauma-focused psychosocial care experience.
REQUIRED LICENSE
- Valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Trauma-focused psychosocial care and trauma-informed care.
- Crisis intervention and patient/family support.
- PTSD screening and behavioral health follow-up.
- Complex acute inpatient discharge planning.
- Behavioral health, substance-use, and community resource coordination.
- Psychosocial assessment, chart reviews, referrals, and longitudinal patient follow-up.
- Experience collaborating with trauma surgeons, nursing, Emergency Department staff, ICUs, and multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Knowledge of community resources, violence-related services, grief, and crisis intervention.
- Ability to participate in weekend coverage as part of a seven-day Trauma Program coverage model.
- Ability to maintain standardized electronic medical record documentation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, emotional support, and resource coordination for trauma patients and their families.
- Follow trauma patients from admission through discharge across the Emergency Department, inpatient units, step-down units, and ICUs.
- Conduct ongoing chart reviews to identify psychosocial needs, behavioral health concerns, safety risks, and discharge barriers.
- Coordinate referrals to behavioral health, addiction services, community agencies, and other support resources.
- Assist with complex discharge planning and continuity of care in collaboration with Case Management, Nursing, Rehabilitation, and other clinical teams.
- Conduct PTSD education, mental health referrals, and follow-up for patients identified through trauma screening.
- Complete structured three-month and six-month follow-up with eligible trauma patients after discharge.
- Participate in multidisciplinary trauma rounds, morning meetings, performance improvement initiatives, injury prevention, and trauma-related education.
- Provide weekend coverage as assigned to ensure continuity of trauma social work services.
- Maintain standardized electronic medical record documentation and support Trauma Program quality improvement and verification-readiness activities.