SOCIAL WORKER LSW

Hudson Regional Hospital • Secaucus, NJ

68d

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. The social worker will interview patients, families, and community support services to assess psychological, social, environmental, and financial statuses, addressing identified needs. Participation in Interdisciplinary Discharge Planning Rounds is essential to assess needs, identify problems, and communicate ongoing interventions. The social worker will engage patients and families in decision-making during hospitalization, particularly regarding discharge planning and treatment decisions. Crisis intervention services will be provided to help patients and families cope with end-of-life issues, chronic illnesses, and catastrophic events. Education about discharge planning and available programs/services will be a key responsibility, along with negotiating and coordinating community-based services to ensure continuity of care. The social worker will document all assessments and interventions in the Medical Record to enhance communication and meet regulatory standards. Monitoring discharge planning delays and attending relevant conferences/workshops for continuing education are also part of the role.

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, as well as availability and eligibility criteria for programs/services benefits.
• Creatively negotiates, coordinates, and advocates community based services to assure continuation of care and special services appropriate to the age of patients and needs identified.
• Helps people anticipate delays or changes by keeping them informed of progress.
• Documents in the Medical Record all assessments, reassessments and interventions to enhance multidisciplinary communications.
• 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