Psychosocial worker

Job Summary:
The Psychosocial workers provide psychosocial evaluation and confidential counseling to patients based on their diagnosis, length of stay and treatment plans , upon admission to the hospital a psychosocial worker visits the inpatients in the comfort of their rooms to ensure that the patients' welfare and psychosocial needs are met in the best way that can be provided.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
 

  1. Targeted patients in need for psychosocial support, assessment, reassessment and follow up.
  2. To properly identify and refer cases who are suspected to be victims of abuse and /or neglect.   
  3. To do Screening , assessment and care of patients at risk for suicide.
  4. To perform case management:
    1. Establishes communications with other team members, transmits the information required to them and invites them to attend team meetings.
    2. Contacts the consultants involved, issues reminders and follows up on the interventions to be implemented.
    3. Maintains relations among the consultants and departments involved in the follow up.
    4. Facilitates the flow of information among the members of the multidisciplinary team.
    5. Ensures the care planned is implemented, updated for progress and evaluated for outcomes.
    6. Makes plans for the patient discharge with the multidisciplinary team including the linkage of patient with community resources.
    7. Ensures the continuity of care by avoiding fragmentation and duplication of services.
  5. To serve as a committee member in the kidney transplantation committee.
  6. To provided psychosocial services to the employees.
     

Education / Licensure (essential minimum requirement)

  • Bachelor degree in clinical psychology or psychology .

Professional Experience (essential minimum requirement):

  • 3 years professional experience in hospitals in a role of psychosocial officer including transplantation services. 

Skills and abilities 

  • Patient counseling skills.
  • Psychosocial support techniques.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Flexibility and adaptability skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing English/Arabic.
  • Teamwork & cooperation. 
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