Social Work Resource Liaison – Payne Whitney – Days
About The Position
Help make tomorrow better for patients of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Here you’ll help drive the success of in our Payne Whitney Ambulatory Care Clinics. It’s the type of care and caring that take mental health to a new, more effective level. Join us, and experience a career at the forefront of excellence in social work. Deliver quality patient care by assisting patients in accessing treatment through preliminary screenings, coordinating initial evaluations and collaboration with various team members within the outside of NYP. Support the team through patient discharge planning by locating resource information, and rapidly responding to inquiries about a broad range of community services, eligibility requirements and application procedures. Additional responsibilities include occasionally escorting patients to appointments in the community and sorting and arranging donated patient clothing. Shift time: Monday - Friday from 8:30-4:30
Requirements
- Basic Life Support Certification
- Experience with or willingness to learn word processing, spreadsheets and other PC software
- Basic knowledge of human development and knowledge of basic Social Work skills
- Personal qualities such as capacity to learn, sound judgement, good interpersonal skills, assertiveness and organizational ability are important
- all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP
- NYP will not reimburse for travel expenses
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor Degree
- Experience working in a hospital setting
Responsibilities
- assisting patients in accessing treatment through preliminary screenings
- coordinating initial evaluations
- collaboration with various team members within the outside of NYP
- Support the team through patient discharge planning by locating resource information
- rapidly responding to inquiries about a broad range of community services, eligibility requirements and application procedures
- occasionally escorting patients to appointments in the community
- sorting and arranging donated patient clothing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
