PRN Social Worker

Traditions Management•Clarksville, IN

About The Position

The Social Worker provides short-term therapeutic counseling and crisis intervention to patients and families with psychosocial needs. The role coordinates and facilitates discharge planning for high-risk patient populations and is accountable for complex discharge processes, with the goal of ensuring an exceptional patient and family care experience. The position supports patient flow, quality initiatives, discharge planning, care coordination, care transitions, and psychosocial support. It conducts psychosocial assessments and develops and updates Master Treatment Plans in collaboration with the treatment team. The Social Worker also provides individual, group, and family services; coordinates individualized aftercare plans; and supports patients, families, and the broader healthcare team through education, consultation, referral-resource coordination, and timely communication. The role maintains accurate clinical documentation, protects confidential health information, follows applicable laws and hospital policies, and collaborates with the healthcare team to promote safe, timely, evidence-based care and mitigate risk. The position may provide backup assessment and referral services and float to other departments or facilities as assigned.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work.
Three to five years of experience as a social worker.
Mental health experience is given priority.

Nice To Haves

Licensed Independent Social Worker.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial assessments through interviews with patients and family members, documenting history and preliminary treatment issues within 72 hours of admission.
Interpret, support, and follow hospital and department policies and procedures for social services.
Communicate patient progress, needs, concerns, and actual or potential problems to physicians.
Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop the Master Treatment Plan within 72 hours of admission and update it within seven days of completion to document progress toward goals.
Provide group and family process-oriented therapies, educational groups, and other didactic groups using professional treatment modalities, and complete ongoing progress notes promptly.
Provide short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, and crisis intervention.
Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans by consolidating treatment-team input and chart information to determine aftercare needs.
Attend treatment-team meetings and contribute the social-work perspective to case management, including communicating applicable state or local agency legal requirements.
Develop and maintain knowledge of referral resources throughout the service area.
Provide in-service education and consultation to healthcare-team members regarding social and emotional factors related to health problems.
Maintain current knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party reimbursement sources.
Maintain accurate and timely clinical and progress notes and complete filing by the close of each business day.
Maintain current knowledge of the field through continuing education.
Provide positive customer relations with patients, families, physicians, colleagues, hospital departments, referral resources, service agencies, and others.
Provide updated patient information at least twice weekly to each patient’s Guardian, POA, or other identified family contact, and to the patient’s referring facility.
Provide backup services for incoming assessment and referral calls and float to other departments or facilities as assigned.
Maintain confidentiality and protect the privacy of health information disclosed in written, electronic, or oral form.
Collaborate with the healthcare team, physicians, patients, and families to coordinate safe and timely care, provide needed resources and education, and mitigate risk.
Identify research-based, best-practice, or data-driven opportunities to improve work processes, products, services, and patient-care outcomes in collaboration with the clinical team.
Comply with applicable federal and state laws, hospital policies, ethical standards, and standards of conduct.
Perform other duties as assigned.