Social Worker (SW) Skilled Nursing

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Edgewood, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Social Worker for the Skilled Nursing Unit located within the Edgewood, Kentucky location. This is a part-time, 20-hour weekly position on the 1st shift. The role involves providing social work intervention and proactive discharge planning support to patients and their families. It includes conducting psycho-social assessments and contributing to the plan of care. The Social Worker will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure timely interventions for patient transitions to the next level of care when medically ready. This includes working with post-acute care providers to ensure coordinated and timely patient transitions. A key aspect of the role is demonstrating respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in all interactions with patients, families, visitors, and colleagues, regardless of cultural background.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Baccalaureate school of social work.
Licensed as a SW to practice social work in the state where work is being performed.
Meets contact hour requirements for licensure, including all state required courses.
Knowledge of psychosocial issues re: health related problems and post-acute care needs.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate care well with an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

Provides social work intervention, and proactive discharge planning support to patients and their families.
Provides psycho-social assessment and appropriate input into the plan of care.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure timely interventions to support the patient transition to the next level of care at the point they are medically ready to transition.
Works with post-acute care providers to ensure coordinated and timely patient transitions.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.