Sr. Clinical Social Worker (GYN/OB) - #Staff

The Division of Maternal–Fetal Medicine is seeking a Sr. Clinical Social Worker to serve as the core clinical coordinator within a grant-funded Collaborative Care program focused on perinatal mental health. The Sr. Clinical Social Worker functions as a licensed behavioral health clinician embedded within an interdisciplinary obstetric care team and provides population-based mental health services using evidence-based Collaborative Care principles. This position follows the AIMS Center Collaborative Care Model and emphasizes registry-based population management, measurement-based care, brief evidence-based interventions, and longitudinal care coordination. This role is not a traditional outpatient psychotherapy position and does not maintain an independent therapy panel or visit-based productivity expectations.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborative Care clinical services.

• Independently manage a population-based behavioral health registry.

• Provide measurement-based care using validated symptom rating scales.

• Deliver brief evidence-based behavioral health interventions (e.g., behavioral activation, problem-solving therapy).

• Conduct patient assessments and longitudinal follow-up contacts (telephone, telehealth, in-person as appropriate).

• Identify patients demonstrating treatment non-response and support stepped-care adjustments.

• Coordinate care across obstetric, psychiatric, and primary care teams.

• Communicate treatment recommendations to obstetric clinicians.

• Coordinate psychiatric case consultation and assist with implementation of treatment recommendations.

Provision of Team-Based Care

• Serve as an embedded member of OB/MFM interdisciplinary care teams.

• Participate in weekly psychiatric case review meetings.

• Maintain regular communication with obstetric clinicians, nurses, and social work staff.

• Support interdisciplinary treatment planning and care coordination.

Population Health & Registry Management

• Maintain and update longitudinal patient registry.

• Track clinical outcomes and symptom progression.

• Ensure measurement-based care documentation integrity.

• Monitor caseload trends and identify patients requiring escalation of care.

Program Implementation & Quality Improvement

• Participate in program implementation and workflow optimization.

• Contribute to continuous quality improvement initiatives.

• Assist with program evaluation and fidelity monitoring.

• Support preparation of grant reports and program documentation.

• Participate in onboarding and mentoring of future staff as program scales.

Documentation

• Document all patient encounters and care coordination activities in the electronic health record.

• Maintain accurate registry documentation.

• Complete program-related reporting requirements.

Work Structure

• Population-based caseload (typically 60–100+ patients longitudinally).

• Combination of patient contacts, registry management, documentation, and team coordination.

• No standing weekly psychotherapy sessions.

• No independent billing panel.

• No visit-based productivity quotas.

Additional Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Strong interdisciplinary communication skills.

• Excellent clinical judgment and population management capabilities.

• Ability to work effectively within team-based medical environments.

• Comfort coordinating care across multiple providers and systems.

• Strong organizational and data management skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, or related mental health field.

• Professional licensure in Maryland required.

• MSW from an accredited university required. LCSW-C License required.

• Two or more years of case management experience in a healthcare or public welfare setting with knowledge of HIV, substance abuse, and psychiatric illness required.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Independent clinical licensure.

• Experience in Collaborative Care or integrated behavioral health settings.

• Experience in perinatal mental health.

• Experience with population-based or measurement-based care models.

• Experience working within interdisciplinary medical teams.

• Certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C).

• Bilingual in Spanish language.

Classified Title: Sr. Clinical Social Worker

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD

Starting Salary Range: $29.33 - $51.30 HRLY ($28,928 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Casual / On Call

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Hybdrid/School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM OB GYN Maternal Fetal Medicine

Personnel area: School of Medicine

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.