- Date Posted
- January 21, 2025
- Type
- Full Time
- Department
- Human Resources
- Location
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Van Diest Medical Center
2350 Hospital Drive
Webster City, IA 50595, US - More Information
- www.vandiestmc.org
Job Details
Come work with an award winning team! Thanks to the readers of The Daily Freeman-Journal, VDMC was named Best Place to Work in 2023 and 2024. Van Diest Medical Center has also been recognized as a 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®. This marks the second year for VDMC’s inclusion on the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals. VDMC is one of only 12 hospitals in the state of Iowa to achieve this designation. Nationwide, there are 1,366 critical access hospitals. Additionally, Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) has also been named a 2024 Top Workplaces INDUSTRY winner. Top Workplaces Industry awards celebrate organizations that have built people-first workplace cultures within their sector. The award marks them as an employer of choice for those seeking employment in the industry. Details about how Van Diest Medical Center builds a great workplace culture are available at https://topworkplaces.com/company/van-diest-medical-center/
Provide professional medical social worker services as an LISW which are customarily performed in similar hospital and clinic settings. The behavioral health specialist, as part of the primary care treatment team, identifies, triages and manages patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting. In addition, the behavioral health specialist provides skill training through psycho-education and patient education strategies and develops specific behavioral change plans for patients and behavioral health protocols for target populations.
The successful candidate will receive a $10,000 Sign On Bonus.
JOB RELATIONSHIPS:
Will work closely with clinic staff, physicians, nurses, clerical staff, hospital staff, administration, and other healthcare providers.
Compensation based on experience.
Requirements
- Must have a Master’s degree in social work or related program or Ph.D. in psychology
- Current state licensure as a licensed independent clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor or licensed psychologist.
- Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions.
- Ability to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions.
- High level of comfort in working with primary care medical providers using a consultative style.
- Ability to work through brief patient contacts, including via telephone and teleconferencing.
- Good knowledge of psychopharmacology.
- Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected mental and behavioral conditions.
- Ability to design effective psycho-education curricula and lead effective psycho-education classes.
- Ability to train and teach effective behavioral health interventions and the primary behavioral health model to medical practitioners and other behavioral health providers.
- Ability to work effectively as a team, interacting with patients, primary care providers, consulting psychiatrist and mental health specialists, as well as with administrative and support staff.
- Ability to exercise balanced judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions, and to handle difficult or confrontational situations in a calm, consistent and equitable manner.
- Ability to effectively represent company’s interests in the community and maintain effective working relationships among co-workers and public, private and professional groups.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
Contact Information
Apply online at www.vandiestmc.org under "Careers" link at bottom of page.
Questions? Please contact Human Resources at (515) 832-7711.