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Medical Social Worker (36hrs, Days)

Kaiser Permanente

Portland, OR

Full-Time

Medical Social Worker (36hrs, Days)

Kaiser Permanente

Portland, OR

Full-Time

Jun 14, 2025

Healthcare Services

Job Description

Job Summary:
The Social Worker provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments to members. Social work services are designed to support and maximize the members ability to better direct their own health care experience through the use of assessment and intervention, educational programs, and linkage to health plan and community resources. The Social Worker encourages respect for individuality, independence and patient choice and collaborates on policies and systems that respect the cultural, religions, and ethnic differences among patients and families. Social work contributes to the medical teams understanding of patient beliefs, behaviors, and barriers regarding the members illness.
Essential Responsibilities:

Uses age appropriate assessment and intervention skills. Able to use a range of interventions, depending upon the needs of the patient/family.

Assists members in developing cost effective, appropriate health care plans through optimizing the members personal resources as well as community and Kaiser Permanente resources and programs.

Promotes multi-disciplinary care that is patient-centered and considers all aspects of members personal, psychological, economic, and cultural needs.

Maintains thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente services/benefits, public/private community resources, as well as federal/state laws which effect health care planning.

Completes required documentation of services and Social Work plan of care per department policy.

Participates in program development, orientation, and educational activities which further members capacity to better direct their own health care experience.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience

Minimum one (1) year of Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting -OR- successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente NW Social Worker Internship program.

Minimum three (3) years of additional experience in a related environment.

Education

Masters degree in social work from an accredited university.

License, Certification, Registration

This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire. required at hire

Clinical Social Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Masters Social Worker License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire

Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Certified Social Worker Associate License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Advanced Social Worker License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire

Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire from American Heart Association

National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements:

Ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum three (3) years of professional Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting.

LCSW

Working knowledge of KPNW services and benefits

Expertise with short term counseling interventions.

Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Advanced knowledge of local and national resources related to health care.

Notes:

Position includes Work from Home, Clinic visits and Community Visits with members required.

Uses age appropriate assessment and intervention skills. Able to use a range of interventions, depending upon the needs of the patient/family.

Assists members in developing cost effective, appropriate health care plans through optimizing the members personal resources as well as community and Kaiser Permanente resources and programs.

Promotes multi-disciplinary care that is patient-centered and considers all aspects of members personal, psychological, economic, and cultural needs.

Maintains thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente services/benefits, public/private community resources, as well as federal/state laws which effect health care planning.

Completes required documentation of services and Social Work plan of care per department policy.

Participates in program development, orientation, and educational activities which further members capacity to better direct their own health care experience.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience

Minimum one (1) year of Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting -OR- successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente NW Social Worker Internship program.

Minimum three (3) years of additional experience in a related environment.

Education

Masters degree in social work from an accredited university.

License, Certification, Registration

This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire. required at hire

Clinical Social Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Masters Social Worker License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire

Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Certified Social Worker Associate License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Advanced Social Worker License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire

Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire from American Heart Association

National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements:

Ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum three (3) years of professional Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting.

LCSW

Working knowledge of KPNW services and benefits

Expertise with short term counseling interventions.

Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Advanced knowledge of local and national resources related to health care.

Notes:

Position includes Work from Home, Clinic visits and Community Visits with members required.

About Kaiser Permanente

At Kaiser Permanente, we’re all focused on helping people and providing high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Across our organization, we’re fiercely committed to our members, our mission, our communities, and each other. We know that each part of the Kaiser Permanente team is essential to our success. Together, we are more than 235,000 dedicated professionals working to advance Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to delivering a healthier tomorrow.

Driven by our collective passion at Kaiser Permanente, we strive to make health care more innovative and compassionate. With the wellness of our patients and our communities at heart, we work to revolutionize health and care from more than 650 locations in 8 states and D.C.

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Medical Social Worker (36hrs, Days)

Kaiser Permanente

Portland, OR

Jun 14, 2025

Full-time

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