Medical Social Worker PD
About The Position
Cottage Medical Group seeks a Medical Social Worker for their Pediatric Multispecialty Clinic responsible for performing care coordination, resource linkage, clinical interventions, program development, utilization review, bio-psycho-social assessments, and discharge planning for patients admitted to Cottage Health. The MSWs’ primary focus is on assisting psychosocially complex patients as well as medically complex patients through their hospital stays to help facilitate successful discharges. MSW activities will result in quality outcomes, optimal care/cost management of services and/or procedures, a high level of customer satisfaction, and contribution to an overall value-oriented experience of stakeholders and persons served. QUALIFICATIONS: All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Social Work from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited School of Social Work
- California Children Services (CCS) Paneling (within six months of hire)
Nice To Haves
- 1-2 years of relevant social work experience in a healthcare setting
Responsibilities
- care coordination
- resource linkage
- clinical interventions
- program development
- utilization review
- bio-psycho-social assessments
- discharge planning for patients
