Social Worker LMSW – Samaritan Hospital - ER

Trinity Health•Troy, NY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Master Social Worker provides advanced clinical social work services in the emergency room as a member of an interdisciplinary team. The role involves supporting patients and families as they cope with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and life situations, including emotional, mental health, and substance abuse disorders. Social workers conduct assessments, develop care plans, provide case management, and coordinate community resources. The work uses motivational interviewing, assessment, and multimodality psychotherapeutic interventions to support patients’ and families’ physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning. It requires advanced critical and creative problem-solving and communication skills, with work performed mainly autonomously. The position is full-time, day shift, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work.
NYS LMSW or LCSW licensure.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of experience in a medical, psychiatric, or healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide specialized skills and therapeutic education to patients and their support systems.
Identify barriers that affect optimal patient functioning.
Ensure patients receive appropriate resources in the most appropriate setting.
Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team and lead management of complex cases, providing education, mentoring, modeling, and resources as needed.
Advocate for patients, promote autonomy and self-determination, incorporate patients’ care preferences, and represent their interests to the hospital.
Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise hospital and post-hospitalization care plans with patients and the interdisciplinary team, including referrals to relevant healthcare and community organizations and disciplines.
Identify areas for dynamic intervention.
Use brief multimodality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with treatment plans.
Participate in patient rounds, unit care conferences, the Complex Care Committee, and other patient-centered teams as needed.
Serve as an advanced clinical consultant and educator to patient-focused care teams.
Attend and document participation in interdisciplinary teams, staff meetings, patient care meetings, and Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities.
Participate in hospital, organizational, and community initiatives related to enhancing patient care.