Social Worker (BSW or MSW) - Days
About The Position
The Social Worker works collaboratively with the care team to coordinate care for patients’ mental health, behavioral, and social needs. The role facilitates communication among patients, families, healthcare professionals, community and state agencies, and interdisciplinary team members, and supports implementation of care plans and coordination of behavioral health and social services. The position provides evaluation and treatment support for psychiatric patients, including psychological assessment, crisis intervention, case management, patient advocacy, care coordination, and community outreach. The Social Worker gathers and documents information used to make treatment recommendations, involves patients and families in care, helps establish treatment goals, and presents treatment plans for approval. The role also supports safe patient transfers, scheduling, appointments, follow-up treatment, insurance verification, and authorization. As part of an interdisciplinary team, the Social Worker helps patients progress through acute care and post-discharge planning in a quality-driven, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The role identifies patients with psychosocial or financial risks, assesses the psychological needs of patients and families, provides information and support, counseling, care management, and referrals, resolves psychosocial care issues, and develops and implements complex transition and discharge plans. Work is typically performed in a clinical environment.
Requirements
- A Social Work degree is required; a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work is specified for the BSW role, and a Social Work degree is required for the MSW role.
- A minimum of 2 years of related work experience is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Social Work is preferred.
- At least 2 years of related work experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide evaluation and treatment support for psychiatric patients, including psychological assessment, crisis intervention, case management, patient advocacy, care coordination, and community outreach.
- Contribute to treatment decisions and present treatment plans for approval.
- Obtain relevant information from patients and other sources and document it in the medical record.
- Involve patients, families, and others as appropriate in care and treatment recommendations.
- Work with patients to determine treatment goals.
- Arrange safe and timely transfers of patients when required.
- Serve as an information resource for Division members, patients, and referral sources.
- Assist with provider schedule maintenance, appointments, and follow-up treatment arrangements.
- Support quality patient care, patient satisfaction, and related organizational goals.
- Assist with insurance verification and authorization procedures.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care coordination through acute care and post-discharge, with attention to quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
- Liaise with patients, families, healthcare professionals, and community and state agencies to exchange clinical and referral information.
- Identify patients with psychosocial or financial risks; assess patient and family needs; provide information, support, counseling, care management, and referrals.
- Resolve psychosocial patient-care issues and develop and implement complex patient transition and discharge plans.
- Comply with job-specific obligations and organizational policies and procedures.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one.
- Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
- Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts and a health savings account with employer contribution.
- Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) plan with automatic Geisinger contributions.
- Paid time off accrual plan.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 per calendar year.
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program with a financial incentive.
- Adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, and military leave pay.
- Free Care.com membership with discounted backup care.
- Employee Assistance Program with referrals for childcare, eldercare, and pet care; legal guidance; mental health visits; work-life support; digital self-help tools; and more.
- Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, universal life, pet, and legal insurance.
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Job Type
Full-time
