Medical Social Worker LMSW or LCSW PRN
About The Position
As a per diem Medical Social Worker, you will provide psychosocial support, assessment, and care coordination to patients and families receiving home-based services. The role addresses emotional, social, financial, and environmental factors that affect health and recovery, supports safe and effective care transitions, and works closely with the interdisciplinary team to connect patients with community resources and provide counseling. You will help patients and families manage health-related concerns, deliver social work services according to the plan of care, communicate changes in clinical status, educate patients and care team members, and perform care-planning, transfer, and discharge functions. You will also identify environmental risks to patients’ health and coordinate appropriate interventions with physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
Requirements
- Master’s and/or doctorate degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Active licensure in Medical Social Work (LMSW) or Clinical Social Work (LCSW).
- Current CPR certification.
- At least 1 year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
- Meet state and federal requirements for the position.
- Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation.
Responsibilities
- Assist patients and families with health-related financial, social, and emotional concerns and support effective coping skills.
- Provide social work services in accordance with the plan of care.
- Communicate changes in a patient’s clinical status to other healthcare team members and care center office staff in a timely manner.
- Educate patients, family members, and other team members on medical social work interventions and the treatment plan.
- Perform care-planning, transfer, and discharge functions.
- Identify risks or threats to a patient’s health in their environment, implement appropriate interventions, and communicate identified risks to the physician and healthcare team to coordinate care.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
