RN Emergency Services

About the position

As the community's only not-for-profit faith-based healthcare system, Dignity Health Nevada has been guided by the vision and core values of the Adrian Dominican Sisters for more than 70 years. As the Henderson and Las Vegas communities grow, Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican facilities and its more than 3400 employees will continue the Sisters' mission of serving people in need. St. Rose Dominican is a member of Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest healthcare systems, a 22-state network of more than 9000 physicians, 60000 employees, and 400 care centers including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved.

Responsibilities

• Perform social work assessments and interventions for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients.
• Engage in patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination.
• Manage multiple priorities and engage in creative, compassionate, and ethical problem-solving.
• Perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans integrating medical, social, and resource issues.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Conduct crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high-risk screening, and brief counseling.
• Refer patients for financial or other identified resource needs.
• Arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the healthcare team.
• Assist in post-acute placement on complex discharges and engage appropriate agencies or community resources.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients, and families.
• Serve on hospital committees and participate in developing and presenting in-services to hospital staff.
• Abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including cultural diversity, patient care, patients' rights, and ethical treatment.

Requirements

• At least one (1) year of clinical and/or medical social work experience required.
• Knowledge of contemporary behavioral and systems theories relevant to health care.
• Understanding of end-of-life dynamics and interventions, grief and bereavement counseling.
• Ability to identify substance abuse and provide interventions.
• Support for victims of abuse, neglect, or violence.
• Knowledge of community or financial resources for underserved or vulnerable populations.
• Thorough comprehension of OBRA and Title 22.
• Excellent customer service and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively.
• Ability to work independently with a high degree of detail orientation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• LIC LSW = Licensed Social Worker-State.

Nice-to-haves

• LIC CSW = Licensed Clinical Social Worker - State.