Acute Social Worker - MSW

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Fairview- The University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis is hiring a 0.6FTE (6 days/ shifts in a two week pay period) Acute Care Float Social Worker! The hours are 8am-4:30pm, there is an every 6th weekend and 1 holiday per year component. This position floats to cover various inpatient units on the East and West Bank of the hospital including: ICU, Neurology, Cardiology, Observation, Oncology, Medical/ Surgical and Fairview TCU/ARU. The acute social worker works on-site with the interdisciplinary teams including providers, physical therapists, nurses, dieticians, chaplains and pharmacists to assist patients and families in navigating through their hospitalization. The acute social worker completes psychosocial assessments, care planning/ progression and creates comprehensive discharge plans from the hospital. The social worker is patient facing, responds to crisis situations, manages patient and family expectations, creates solutions to identified discharge barriers and aims to reduce length of stay and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions.

Requirements

• Master of Social Work
• 1 year Experience working in a healthcare or related setting
• LGSW Mstrs Deg State of Minnesota Upon Hire or LISW Mstrs Deg Adv Generalist State of Minnesota Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• 3 years Experience working in a healthcare or related setting

Responsibilities

• Attends daily in person interdisciplinary care team rounds
• Conducts thorough psychosocial assessments with patients and/ or their surrogate decision makers
• Helps the care team navigate and mediate complex psychosocial dynamics
• Is well versed in the surrogate decision maker policy and assists care team members with identifying surrogate decision makers according to the policy
• Communicates frequently with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity and effective coordination of care
• Provides emotional support and counseling surrounding adjustment to sudden illness, grief/bereavement and end of life planning
• Addresses social determinants of health and assists with connecting patients to needed resources in the community such as chemical dependency treatment, domestic violence resources, housing stabilization services, mental health services, food shelves, transportation, financial assistance etc.
• Arranges and facilitates in person care conferences as needed to support patients and their families surrounding navigating complex medical decision-making processes/ goals of care
• Documents all interactions thoroughly and timely following established department standard work
• Serves as the expert in system adult and child protection reporting policies
• Collaborates with patients, families and interdisciplinary teams in developing an individualized discharge plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnoses, level of functioning and other relevant needs
• Participates in hospital initiatives and projects to reduce length of stay and related barriers which may include collaborating with providers for clinical adjustments in care

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision plans
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement
• early access to earned wages

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level