Social Worker MSW PRN

HCA Healthcare • Thousand Oaks, CA

2d

About The Position

The Clinical Social Worker provides clinical counseling and consulting services to patients, families, and staff members. The role also helps develop and expand hospital social work services and programs and plans for discharge and aftercare. The Social Worker assesses patients’ psychosocial circumstances, develops and implements treatment plans, provides counseling and interventions, and contributes to multidisciplinary care planning, staff education, and referrals for patients with alcohol or drug dependence.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• At least 1 year of acute care medical social worker experience.
• Ability to integrate clinical social work theory into practice, using knowledge of biopsychosocial developmental states, personality development, and human behavior to assess, direct treatment, and provide consultation and education to team members.

Nice To Haves

• Current Clinical Social Worker license preferred.
• At least 2–4 years of acute care medical social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients and family members to obtain relevant biopsychosocial information and assess the effects of illness and trauma on them.
• Identify social, emotional, financial, and environmental factors that contribute to illness or interfere with a patient’s ability to benefit from medical care.
• Develop and implement social work treatment plans for patients and families based on psychosocial factors and medical illness, including discharge planning and insurance utilization review on appropriate units.
• Use appropriate treatment modalities, including individual, family, and group interventions.
• Counsel patients and families regarding family problems, coping with illness, trauma, loss of function, and grief.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case and family conferences to help formulate overall patient care plans.
• Interpret psychosocial aspects of patients’ illnesses to other staff members.
• Provide community and professional staff training regarding patients’ psychosocial needs and coping with illness, grief, and loss.
• Provide evaluation and referral services for patients who are alcohol or drug dependent.
• Assist with the development and expansion of hospital social work services and programs and plan for discharge and aftercare.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services
• Free counseling and referral services
• Paid time off and paid family leave
• Long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Preferred banking partnerships
• Retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, and dependent scholarships
• Partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Fertility and family-building benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans
• Auto and home insurance
• Legal counseling
• Identity theft protection
• Consumer discounts

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level