Social Worker II - Good Samaritan Hospital

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

TriHealth is seeking a Social Worker for the Care Management Department Emergency at Good Samaritan Hospital. The role assesses patients’ and families’ psychosocial needs and develops, communicates, and implements comprehensive plans for psychosocial interventions and complex discharges, including readmissions among high-risk patients. The Social Worker serves as a resource on social systems, institutions, and behavioral and relationship patterns, and applies appropriate interventions to meet patient and family needs. The position collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to support effective, efficient, and appropriate care, optimize health status, and facilitate smooth transitions between levels of care. It also provides education and expertise to promote hospital social work practice and serves in hospital specialty areas requiring an MSW for regulatory or grant funding purposes. The role includes on-call services according to departmental policy. This is a full-time, day-shift position at Good Samaritan Hospital, 375 Dixmyth Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio. The schedule is 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 80 hours biweekly, with rotation every fourth weekend. TriHealth offers competitive pay based on education and experience, along with medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Science or Social Work.
Up to 1 year of clinical healthcare or community social work experience.
Computer literacy.
Knowledge or skills in grief and bereavement counseling, alcohol and drug intervention, and support for victims of abuse, neglect, and violence.
Knowledge of payer reimbursement rules and community resources for underserved populations.
Licensed Social Worker credential required.

Responsibilities

Apply root cause analysis to readmissions and work with the health care team, patient, and family to resolve identified issues.
Communicate verbally and in writing with the multidisciplinary team about the care plan and the patient’s response to it.
Counsel other caregivers on effective psychosocial intervention and communication techniques.
Develop and implement a plan of care based on assessment, including counseling or crisis intervention, and facilitate connections to community resources and services.
Revise the plan of care based on patient and family responses.
Promote the social work profession through formal education and teaching rounds, and serve as a resource and preceptor for new staff.
Provide on-call services according to departmental policy, including timely response and appropriate follow-up.
Respond to referrals and assess psychosocial and complex discharge needs using information from medical records, patients, the multidisciplinary team, families, and other available resources.