Clinical Social Worker-Social Worker

Role Overview

Clinical Social Worker–Social Worker at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC).

Role Purpose

Assist patients, families, and significant others with their psychological, social, environmental, financial, and emotional problems by conducting psychosocial assessments related to presenting problems and concerns, and by providing necessary interventions to enhance patient quality of living.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment and Care Planning

• Carry out initial comprehensive person-centered psychosocial assessments, plans, and implement individual strategies of care to meet identified needs in conjunction with the service user, caregiver, and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
• Prepare and act as an advocate for the patient in ensuring that their expressed wishes are central when planning care to meet the patient's long-term care needs.
• Promote, enable, and empower individuals, families, and carers through representation of rights, advocacy, nurturing strengths and capacities to make informed choices about highly complex life decisions.

Workload and Team Management

• Ensure involvement in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account changing and competing demands, and make decisions about prioritization of caseloads.
• Oversee and supervise junior staff and ensure their compliance with ongoing rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section, Department, and Facility.

Clinical Documentation and Governance

• Update the patient file history as required by JCI.
• Maintain and promulgate the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing, and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice.
• Maintain and enforce confidential information about patients, staff, and others in accordance with professional codes of conduct and relevant legislation.

Emotional Resilience and Professional Standards

• Manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances while maintaining substantial mental effort through frequent and intense levels of concentration and attention.
• Respect the rights of the individual service user and their families, embracing values, spiritual beliefs, and customs.

Multi-Disciplinary and External Collaboration

• Promote awareness of social care and social work context and anti-discriminatory practice to other professionals and facilitate multi-disciplinary working.
• Liaison effectively with other agencies including government and charities involved in the care of individuals, thereby maintaining and enhancing close professional working relationships.
• Collaborate, network, and liaise with other professionals and external organizations to provide services to individuals, families, and carers, and challenge and question when necessary in the best interests of the user.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or equivalent.
• Postgraduate degree in Social Work (e.g., Masters or higher).
• Previous experience with direct patient care in a medical or healthcare setting.