Clinical Exercise Physiologist Jobs in Illinois

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Road Home Research Admin

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 4:00:00 PM)

Pay Range: $27.47 - $38.81 per hour

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

The Center for Trauma Recovery is seeking a bilingual English/Spanish Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to provide trauma-focused care to community members who have experienced violence and other traumatic events. In this role, you will conduct PTSD assessments, provide care management, and deliver Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) as part of a no-cost treatment program designed to make quality mental health care accessible to survivors of traumatic events in our community. Advanced training in PTSD assessment and treatment is provided. Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Summary

The LCSW provides clinical consultation to assess and treat individuals with common mental and behavioral health conditions and their family members in a multidisciplinary outpatient practice setting, on inpatient, and hospital units and within the home and school communities. Insight and direction for patients will be offered to ensure that clients are connected to other services and support in the community, at school or in another appropriate setting. The LCSW works in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. The person who holds this position exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology or Applied Behavioral Science required.
• Current State of Illinois licensure as LCSW required.
• Two years of previous social work experience in healthcare, care management, mental health and/or social services.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and solid knowledge of community resources, demonstrated organizational skills.
• Ability to assess patient and family needs, able to ask appropriate questions.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• In-depth experience working with patient groups.
• Experience with evidence-based therapies.
• Strong active listening, critical thinking, judgment and decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite.
• Ability to sense problems or potential problems.
• Ability to apply inductive and deductive reasoning to information received and identifying relationships between seemingly unrelated events/information.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Interviews, assesses and evaluates clients and families who present themselves for care; provides professional outpatient counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/family stability.
• Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans and case summaries while maintaining ongoing confidential records.
• Charts member's treatment and progress in accordance with state and other regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards.
• Develops, implements and evaluates treatment approaches for clients and affected family members, including individual, family, group or intensive therapeutic modalities.
• Confers and consults with physicians and other care team members regarding client's progress and treatment; this may include conferring with attending physicians regarding hospitalized clients regarding recommendations for treatment plans.
• Utilizes resources within the community that support children and families to meet treatment goals (these community resources will offer options for referrals to external resources for the client and/or family members).
• Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of programs within the psychiatry department at Rush.
• Develops and conducts psycho-educational classes and groups.
• Supervises the work of social work interns.
• Performs related duties as required.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.