Social Worker, Mental Health

Overview

Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Colorado's largest and most comprehensive provider of cancer care, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker at our Rose location in Denver. Taking care of cancer patients is a calling—it’s more than a job. Each of us has a unique story that brought us to RMCC, but those stories usually share common themes of care, compassion, and commitment.

No matter the role each RMCC team member serves in, the goal is the same: to provide the best care possible for each and every one of our patients. Whether we are a nurse holding our patient’s hand, or a scheduler on the phone finding an appointment that fits into a patient’s schedule, we are deeply connected to our patients and do what we can to help.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you join our team.

Salary Range: $70,000-$85,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certification, etc. In addition to your salary, RMCC offers the following benefits (subject to eligibility requirements): health, dental, and vision plans; wellness program; health savings account; flexible spending accounts; 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short‑term and long‑term disability insurance;
Employee Assistance Program; PTO, holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and employee paid critical illness and accident insurance.

• Meets with patients and their families for psychosocial needs assessment and examines social support, appropriate community resources, and coping mechanisms.
• Documents all communication accurately and appropriately.
• Provides psychological support to patients and families. Supports clinic patients and their families during hospitalizations.
• Provides follow‑up counseling on an ongoing basis. Acts as a patient/family advocate in negotiating the health care system.
• Develops and maintains support groups to enhance the quality of care to patients and their families. Provides information to patients and families regarding resources both in local communities and those geographically distant, i.e., those patients contemplating procedures in other cities, BMT, etc.
• Facilitates team support of identified patient and family needs through ongoing communication with clinic team members.
• Provides education to patients and clinic staff regarding skills and knowledge specific to the role of a mental health worker in a medical practice. Develops and maintains working relationships with community agencies, health care organizations, and other providers to promote a broad base of support for patients and families.
• Coordinates support groups with local agencies and health care providers to prevent duplication of services and to better address the needs of the patient population.
• Provides speaking services to groups and organizations to facilitate public understanding of the emotional component of the cancer experience. Facilitates employee support groups as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge of age‑specific differences in the patient population that include late adolescence, adulthood, middle age, and the elderly. This includes physiological, psychological, and developmental differences unique to each group.
• Participates in quality improvement activities. May oversee the activities of staff providing coordination of Social Services.
• If and only as needed, performs the following duties: completes patient disability forms, maintains indigent patient drug program, and maintains knowledge of insurance reimbursement issues.

Master’s degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Minimum three to five years’ experience preferred, working as a masters‑prepared social worker in a health care setting; oncology, palliative care, and/or hospice experience desired. Valid and current state master’s‑level license (e.g., LMSW) or working toward state master’s‑clinical‑level license (e.g., LCSW) with an associate’s license and/or plan of supervision required.

• Knowledge of the psychosocial impact of cancer preferred.
• Knowledge of the health care setting preferred.
• Knowledge of community and governmental resources…