Full-time Social Worker

Traditions Management•Clarksville, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time Social Worker position is responsible for managing multiple performance and utilization risk components, including patient flow, quality initiatives, discharge planning, care coordination, care transitions, and psychosocial support. The role involves conducting psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans, providing therapies, offering counseling, and coordinating aftercare needs. The Social Worker will collaborate with physicians and the healthcare team to ensure safe and timely patient care, mitigate risks, and provide necessary resources and education to patients and families. This position also requires maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant policies, resources, and reimbursement sources, as well as accurate record-keeping and professional conduct.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work.
3-5 years of experience as a social worker.
Mental health experience is given priority.

Responsibilities

Conducts psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
Completes psychosocial assessments within 72 hours of admission.
Interprets, supports, and executes hospital and department policies and procedures regarding social services.
Communicates with physicians regarding patient progress, needs, concerns, and potential problems.
Works closely with the health care team in developing the Master Treatment Plan based on psychosocial assessments and social work interventions.
Completes the Master Treatment Plan within 72 hours of admission.
Completes an update to the Master Treatment Plan within 7 days of its completion, outlining progress towards goals.
Provides group and family process-oriented therapies, as well as educational and didactic groups for patients and family members.
Completes ongoing progress notes promptly.
Provides social work services including short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, and crisis intervention.
Develops and coordinates an individualized discharge plan by consolidating treatment team interactions and chart information to determine aftercare needs.
Attends treatment team meetings to provide social work perspective to total case management.
Develops and maintains thorough knowledge of referral resources throughout the service area.
Acts as a resource person for other members of the health care team, providing in-service education and consultation on social and emotional factors related to health problems.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party reimbursement sources.
Maintains accurate and timely records, including clinical and progress notes, according to department policy.
Completes all necessary filing by the close of business each day.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the field by participating in continuing education activities.
Provides positive customer relations with patients, families, physicians, colleagues, and external resources.
Provides updated patient information, in person or by telephone, a minimum of two times per week to Guardian/POA/or other identified family contact for each patient.
Provides updated patient information a minimum of two times per week to each patient’s referring facility.
Provides backup services for incoming assessment and referral calls.
Floats to other departments/facilities as directed and assigned.
Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality.
Assures protection and privacy of health information.
Is prompt and efficient with minimal absences.
Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
Seeks guidance and remains knowledgeable of, and complies with, all applicable federal and state laws, as well as hospital policies.
Complies with hospital expectations regarding ethical behavior and standards of conduct.
Identifies research, best practice, and/or data-driven opportunities for improvement in work processes, products, and services to improve patient care outcomes in collaboration with the clinical team.
Partners with and supports physicians in all aspects of patient care and care coordination.
Engages the patient and family in the plan of care.
Diligently communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team to facilitate the episode of care.
Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to mitigate risk to patients, families, visitors, employees, physicians, and the system.
Performs other duties as assigned.