Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersonrsquo;s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Since this position will require the selected candidate to engage in regular contact with children in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, you will be required to meet the requirements of the Child Protective Services Act, including the Pennsylvania State Police criminal background check, the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare child abuse criminal background clearance, and an FBI finger print based federal criminal records check. The selected candidate will not be allowed to commence working until all three (3) are completed satisfactorily.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Provides comprehensive assessment of and intervention with patients followed by the Jefferson Addiction Multidisciplinary Service in order to: (1) address the full range of psychosocial needs presented by patients who have required Psychiatry/Addiction Medicine (JAMS) consultation, particularly those who present with substance use disorder diagnoses. Interfaces with all necessary personnel, payer groups, agencies, and physicians to arrange appropriate disposition for the patient.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborates with all members of the healthcare team, patient and/or family to develop and implement a patient centered plan of care.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision, and values.
• Advocates for evidence-based and effective care of substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, and comorbid medical conditions.
• Performs and documents a comprehensive psychosocial assessment for each identified patient, including a mental status examination and diagnostic summary for patients who present with substance use disorder and/or behavioral health issues.
• Obtains, interprets, communicates, and documents necessary information regarding patients and families, including social history information to the JAMS amp; healthcare team.
• Provides counseling and psychoeducation to patient/family as appropriate. Practice demonstrates understanding in the following elements of the counseling process:
  • Liaising effectively between patients/families and involved teams including JAMS, primary healthcare teams, and Peer Specialists (CRS).
  • Providing short-term individual therapy to patients as clinically indicated
  • Facilitating telemedicine group therapy to select patient groups as clinically indicated and when consented to by patients
  • Providing trauma-informed care
• Contributes to development and implementation of behavioral plans/safety plans for hospitalized patients with SUD.
• Collaborates with the care team(s) to facilitate the discharge plan as it relates to the patientrsquo;s level of care.
  • Performs or contributes to standardized level of care assessment to establish consensus regarding post-acute plan with patient and care team.
  • Collaborates with CRS and others to develop relapse prevention plans at discharge, whether planned or unplanned (ldquo;AMArdquo;)
  • Arranges intake into outpatient MOUD programs and assists with warm handoff
  • Facilitates connection to appropriate outpatient resources including Intensive Outpatient Care, Partial Hospitalization, Case Management Services, Outpatient psychiatric/psychotherapeutic/co-occurring services as clinically indicated
  • Assists medical/surgical social workers in liaising with complex inpatient psychiatric/co-occurring/substance use treatment placements as required
    
    
    This position would be starting July 1st, 2024.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.