Clinical Social Worker

CommonSpirit Health • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations. Clinical Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community. The functions of the Clinical Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient /family intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified. The Clinical Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families. The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.

Requirements

• At least two years of clinical and/or medical social work experience.
• Master's Degree from a School of SOcial Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• BLS- Basic Life Support
• Knowledge of contemporary behavioral and systems theories relevant to health care; end-of-life dynamics and interventions; grief and bereavement counseling; substance abuse identification and interventions; support for victims of abuse, neglect or violence; community or financial resources for underserved or vulnerable populations.
• SSDI, SDI, and other governmental/county requirements/programs.
• Thorough comprehension of OBRA and Title 22.

Nice To Haves

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred.

Responsibilities

• performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients
• dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination
• skilled at managing multiple priorities at once
• engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving
• perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations
• working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community
• crisis intervention
• patient /family intervention
• high risk screening
• brief counseling
• referring for financial or other identified resource needs
• arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed
• assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified
• establish and maintain professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families
• serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees