Position #: 9010069
Expected Start Date: April 13, 2026
Union: HSAS
Facility: Royal University Hospital
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: Outpatient Cardiology Services
Type: Part-time regular
FTE: 0.3
Shift Information: Days
Hours of Work: 17 shifts of 4 hours per 6 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: No
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Social Worker - BSW $35.137 to $42.966
Travel Required: No
Job Description: Reporting directly to the Manager, The Social Worker BSW has responsibility for professional psychosocial assessment and counselling with clients and families who are managing social and emotional impacts associated with the complexities of various cardiac diagnoses, including, but not limited to, heart failure, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation. The Social Worker BSW provides services as a member of a multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively with the care team, community groups, agencies and other professionals within the community.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Education
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
Knowledge and Abilities
- Ability to work cooperatively in an integrated interdisciplinary team
- Systems Theory/Family Systems Theory
- Knowledge of assessment, triage, treatment and case management.
- Providing services to patients/families using a variety of treatment modalities
- Extensive knowledge of Saskatchewan based services supporting cardiac patients
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Knowledge in principles of patient and family centered care
- Makes independent clinical judgment based on evidence based best practice
- Ability to work with a variety of individuals presenting with complex issues
- Demonstrated knowledge in the area of assessment and referral coordination
- Expert knowledge and advanced skill in a variety of treatment modalities
- Knowledge in various counselling modalitie...
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