Social Worker - Care Management (Full-Time, Day Shift)

Adventist Health•Selma, CA

About The Position

The Social Worker provides services to patients and their families to address needs related to hospitalization. The role offers counseling, support, and assistance with transition planning; provides direction on routine non-medical problems; and assists with patient planning and post-discharge coordination involving outside agencies, nursing staff, and relatives. The position collaborates on discharge plans for patients requiring post-hospice or post-inpatient care, helps patients and caregivers determine the appropriate level of hospice care, and refers patients to outpatient resources as appropriate. It initiates and reassesses plans of care and patient teaching based on patients’ physical and emotional needs, incorporating psychosocial factors, human development, terminal illness, mental status, and family dynamics. Other job-related duties may be assigned. Adventist Health Selma is a 57-bed acute care hospital with six local medical offices, serving the Central San Joaquin Valley since 1999. The organization requires associates to receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work is required in California and Hawaii.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience in an acute or long-term medical setting is preferred.
Two years of experience in an acute or long-term medical setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide services to patients and families to address needs incidental to hospitalization.
Provide counseling, support, and assistance with transition plans.
Provide direction for routine non-medical problems affecting patients and families.
Assist with patient planning and post-discharge coordination with outside agencies, nursing staff, and relatives.
Collaborate on and facilitate discharge plans for patients requiring post-hospice or post-inpatient care.
Assist patients, families, and caregivers in determining the appropriate level of hospice care.
Refer patients to outpatient resources as appropriate.
Initiate a plan of care and appropriate patient teaching.
Reassess the plan of care according to the patient’s physical and emotional needs.
Develop a plan of care based on patient assessment, including psychosocial factors, human development, terminal illness, mental status, and family dynamics.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.