Clinical Social Worker - MSW

Carilion Clinic•Roanoke, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The clinical social worker provides psychosocial assessments, interviews, and/or treatments and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation. The social worker works collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third-party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible. This role involves conducting psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating comprehensive care transition plans, maintaining knowledge of benefit plans and regulatory guidelines, ensuring timely and accurate documentation, staying current with social work and healthcare developments, providing supervision and training, participating in interdisciplinary meetings, advocating for patients, providing therapeutic interventions, supporting patients and families, and participating in performance improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work
Effective interpersonal, communication, and team working skills
Successfully complete orientation and competency validation for position
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of social work theory and practice
Proven expertise as a clinical social worker
Crisis intervention skills
Critical thinking and creative problem solving
Satisfactory completion of orientation
Positive interpersonal skills
Oral and written communication skills
Analytical skills
Cultural competence
Integrity
Team player
Courteous
Ability/willingness to work as an integral member of a multi skilled team

Nice To Haves

Minimum of two years social work experience in health care setting

Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial assessments, interviews, and/or treatments and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation.
Work collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third-party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible.
Conduct psychosocial assessments to evaluate emotional, social, and environmental factors affecting patients and families.
Develop and coordinate comprehensive care transition plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, ensuring appropriate resource utilization.
Regularly reassess care plans and adjust as needed, with face-to-face coordination whenever possible.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of benefit plans, regulatory guidelines, and resources for cost-effective care.
Ensure timely, accurate, and confidential documentation, meeting professional standards and federally regulated timelines for assessments and discharge plans.
Stay current with social work and healthcare developments, attending department training and educational sessions as required.
Provide supervision, teaching, and training for staff and students as needed.
Actively participate in interdisciplinary meetings and maintain effective communication with all care team members to ensure timely and appropriate care transitions.
Advocate for patients and provide therapeutic interventions to support their adaptation to illness or life changes.
Support patients and families by addressing emotional and coping challenges, and providing education related to their condition.
Participate in performance improvement initiatives, adhering to productivity measures and utilizing data to monitor and enhance patient care.
Comply with departmental policies and procedures while identifying and escalating avoidable delays in care transitions.