SOCIAL WORKER LSW

Hudson Regional Hospital • Secaucus, NJ

75d

About The Position

The position involves providing discharge planning for patients to ensure continuity of care and facilitate discharge to the least restrictive setting. The role requires identifying 'high risk' patients to provide necessary social work services and complex discharge planning. Responsibilities include interviewing patients, families, and community support services to assess various needs, participating in interdisciplinary discharge planning rounds, and engaging patients and families in decision-making processes during hospitalization. The position also involves providing crisis intervention services, educating patients and families about discharge planning, and advocating for community-based services. Documentation in the medical record is essential to enhance multidisciplinary communication and meet regulatory standards. The role requires monitoring discharge planning delays and attending relevant conferences to maintain continuing education units (CEUs) and licensing requirements.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work from a professional school accredited by the Council on Social Work.
• Minimum 3 years current relevant social work experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working with multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Expert critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Self-motivation, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
• Ability to break down barriers, organization and time management skills.
• Current NJ Social Worker license: LSW (Licensed Social Worker) or LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker).

Responsibilities

• Provides for the discharge planning of patients to ensure continuity of care and discharge to the least restrictive setting.
• Identifies 'high risk' patients in order to provide social work services and complex discharge planning needs.
• Interviews patients, families and/or community support services to assess patients' psychological, social, environmental and financial status and meet identified needs.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Discharge Planning Rounds to assess discharge planning needs, identify problems and communicate ongoing interventions.
• Engages patients and families in decision making necessary during hospitalization treatment, including but not limited to discharge planning treatment decisions.
• Provides crisis intervention services to patients and families to enable them to cope with end of life issues, adjust to new and/or chronic illness, as well as catastrophic events.
• Educates patients and/or families about discharge planning, patient needs, and availability and eligibility criteria for programs/services benefits.
• Creatively negotiates, coordinates, and advocates community-based services to assure continuation of care and special services.
• Helps people anticipate delays or changes by keeping them informed of progress.
• Documents in the Medical Record all assessments, reassessments and interventions.
• Maintains appropriate case folders, resource files and statistical reports to facilitate monitoring and evaluations.
• Monitors discharge planning delays to identify and report trends for performance improvement.
• Attends appropriate Social Work conferences/workshops to maintain CEUs and license specific requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees