Ambulatory Social Worker - Care Transformation - FT - Day
About The Position
Ambulatory Social Workers provide social work and case management services to patients, families, and support systems in ambulatory and inpatient settings. The role helps individuals and groups enhance or restore patients’ capacity for social functioning and supports conditions that further their goals. The social worker coordinates patient and family services across the Stormont Vail Health system; completes social work assessments and develops case management or treatment plans; supports adjustment to illness; and maintains therapeutic relationships. The role also supports admission, discharge planning, crisis and brief therapy, patient education, group work, and coordination with multidisciplinary teams. This is a full-time, first-shift position with 40 hours per week. It is patient-facing and has hybrid remote-work capability. The position has no supervisory or budget responsibility.
Requirements
- Experience in customer service.
- Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (KSBSRB) or Licensed Masters Social Worker (KSBSRB); temporary licensure may be accepted at hire, but full licensure must be achieved by the temporary license expiration date.
Nice To Haves
- Clinical and/or medical social work experience.
- Experience in group work, case work, and community methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Participate in patient admissions in inpatient, outpatient, PHP, and IOP settings; assist with voluntary paperwork as needed and serve as a hospital representative and patient advocate.
- Coordinate and facilitate services for patients and families throughout the Stormont Vail Health system.
- Conduct social work assessments, considering the bio-psychosocial, cultural, developmental, and spiritual effects of illness and hospitalization.
- Develop case management and/or treatment plans based on assessments, patient and family concerns, and multidisciplinary care team recommendations.
- Help patients and families understand and adjust to illness to maximize intervention benefits and support functioning.
- Establish supportive and therapeutic working relationships with patients, families, and caregivers.
- Communicate clearly about patient status and progress, adapting communication to the recipient.
- Initiate discharge planning upon admission and coordinate and implement plans with internal and external multidisciplinary teams.
- Develop long-term plans to reduce recidivism and make referrals as indicated.
- Develop and facilitate groups for patients and/or significant others as needed.
- Maintain professional productivity and efficiently prioritize and coordinate patient-care activities.
- Provide problem-solving and leadership in developing services that respond to patient-care demands.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with professional, departmental, and Medical Center ethics and standards.
- Participate in and, when appropriate, initiate patient-care conferences.
- Provide patient education about diagnosis and treatment.
- Provide crisis and/or brief therapy for individuals, families, and groups.
- Assess patient and family functioning at discharge or referral to another provider.
- Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and other requirements; perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
