Hospital Social Worker Emergency Department

MultiCare Health System•Bremerton, WA

1d•$40 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

Join a team that shares your calling At MultiCare, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home. FTE: 0.3, Shift: Days, Schedule: 12 hr shifts Looking for a position that allows you to utilize your behavioral health assessment and crisis intervention skills? We are growing our team because of the need for more social workers in our Off-Campus Emergency Departments. As an ED social worker at MultiCare, the priority work includes comprehensive mental health evaluations, SBIRTs, collaborating with DCRs and psychiatric facilities, addressing abuse, neglect concerns, and provided resources and referrals to a wide range of services. We need social workers who are comfortable with traumatic patient situations, providing emotional support to patients and families, have a background in mental health and crisis interventions. If you have a passion for behavioral health care across the lifespan and have the skills to problem solve complicated discharge situations, please apply. You would be working on a multidisciplinary team in an emergency department setting with most shifts being 12 hours. For LSWAIC social workers, we offer weekly clinical supervision to support achievement of LICSW. We have a 3-step career ladder that social workers can advance at their own pace. Position Summary The Hospital Social Worker is an exciting opportunity at MultiCare, responsible for cross continuum care coordination, psychosocial assessments, and psychosocial interventions. In this role you will identify opportunities to continually improve patient care, services and population health.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work
Licensed in the state of Washington
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW); OR Social Worker Associate Independent Clinical (LSWAIC) with a commitment to obtain their LICSW within four (4) years
Minimum three (3) years Hospital or equivalent experience
Health industry knowledge preferred
Healthcare financial assistance knowledge preferred
Leadership experience a plus

Nice To Haves

Behavioral health assessment and crisis intervention skills
Comfortable with traumatic patient situations
Providing emotional support to patients and families
Background in mental health and crisis interventions
Passion for behavioral health care across the lifespan
Skills to problem solve complicated discharge situations

Responsibilities

Perform cross continuum care activities, which may include clinic, provider practice, urgent care, phone care agency, skilled care, or other sites of care, as appropriate
Provide customer service to the patient, family, physician/APP, and care team members to include discharge milestones and progression to next level of care
Model and orchestrate consistent, professional communications and maintain consistent and proactive communication patterns with colleagues and staff
Delegate responsibilities appropriately but remains accountable for outcomes
Ensure that the patient and family experiences medically appropriate transitions of care