Job DescriptionAt NorthBay Health, we are seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or experienced MSW to join our team in Fairfield, CA. This full-time, weekday position supports both inpatient units and Emergency Department mental health cases, with planned weekend/holiday coverage as needed. This role is ideal for a strong clinician passionate about behavioral health, care coordination, and supporting patients with complex psychosocial needs across the continuum of care. (Please note: supervision for LCSW hours is not available at this time.)
Responsibilities:- Provide direct clinical social work services, including counseling, discharge planning, and case management for hospital patients and their families
- Perform comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments addressing emotional, psychological, social, financial, environmental, and follow-up referral needs
- Support Emergency Department mental health cases, including safety planning and intervention (training available for 5150 certification if needed)
- Initiate and discontinue 5150 involuntary psychiatric holds within NorthBay Medical Center, VacaValley Emergency Department, and inpatient units in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150
- Manage psychosocially complex patients across the continuum of care by developing care plans, monitoring progress toward goals, and addressing barriers to length of stay and discharge
- Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, case managers, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care
- Facilitate integration with community-based resources and partner with external agencies to optimize patient health outcomes
- Communicate key patient information effectively across the continuum of care to support continuity and safe transitions
- Document all assessments, interventions, and care plans accurately in the electronic medical record
- Ensure all activities align with NorthBay Health's mission, values, policies, procedures, and regulatory standards
QualificationsEducation:
- Master of Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Licensure: - California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), *CCS paneling required if working with the pediatric/Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) population.
Experience:- Minimum of two years' experience within the acute health care setting or the community health setting
Skills: - Strong clinical assessment skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: verbal, written and listening. Ability to convey instructions, directions and information appropriately and accurately.
- Ability to work diplomatically with a wide variety of people.
- Strong critical thinking skills- must be capable of independent judgment, and have strong clinical decision-making skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimum direction.
- Excellent follow-through skills.
- Ability to organize a variety of concurrent activities, set realistic goals and objectives, plan ahead and meet deadlines without compromising quality.
- Ability to direct the actions of others effectively in order to accomplish tasks and functions.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse populations, including those with respect to age, culture, ethnicity, and gender.
- Knowledge and understanding of individual, child, and family development, human behavior and communication, the influence of culture and values in social work practice, psychotherapy, case management, and the relation between social work practice and medicine.
- Skilled at working with patients/families coping with loss and grief.
- Knowledge of child, elder and dependent adult abuse and domestic violence reporting requirements and other significant legislation and laws regulating social work practice, e.g. Tarasoff, HIPAA, etc. Ability to make appropriate interventions based on law, professional ethics and policy.
- Knowledge of suicidal behavior, the ability to assess lethality, and the ability to develop appropriate treatment plan. Knowledge of an ability to effectively use DSM V. Knowledge of legal requirements and guidelines for providing psychiatric services including the appropriate use of 5150.
- Ability to successfully manage conflict.
- Basic proficiency with word processing required.
- Experience with Cerner, and Power Point preferred.
- Knowledge of acute care, subacute care, long-term care, home care, hospice interventions, rehabilitation options, County mental health services, and other community resources and requirements- strongly preferred.
- Ability to conceptualize clinical situations and demonstrate application of theory in case management and psychotherapeutic responsibilities
Interpersonal Skills: - Effective care-giving and advocacy skills for diverse clients essential.
- Ability to build and maintain constructive relationships with team members, external service providers, System managers, and department staff - often within the context of competing interests - essential.
- Demonstrates respect for others perspectives.
- Demonstrates the True North values. The True North values are a set of value-based behaviors that are to be consistently demonstrated and role modeled by all employees that work at NorthBay Health. The True North values principles consist of Nurture/Care, Own It, Respect Relationships, Build Trust and Hardwire Excellence.
Standards of Performance: - Demonstrate performance by adhering to established policies and procedures and exhibiting the defined characteristics associated with attendance and punctuality.
Physical Effort: - Attendance is an essential function of the job.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Involves some standing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting, periods of sitting and use of computer keyboard throughout the workday.
- Transportation available to cover referrals when other hospital needs coverage.
Hours of Work:- Based on business need. May have schedules consisting of: 7:45 am- 4:15 pm or 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday -Friday. May require week-end and holiday coverage responsibilities, 8:00am - 4:30pm when needed.
Compensation: - Hourly Salary Range Min $58.21 - Max $70.76 (based on years of experience in LCSW role)
