Social Worker outpatient

Jefferson Health Plans • Philadelphia, PA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

This is a grant funded part-time position (24 hours per week) in Magee's physician ambulatory practice, located at Magee Rehab Hospital. The role involves working with patients who have spinal cord injuries and are living in the community, as part of the Magee physician ambulatory practice. The Social Worker provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient's, family's, or significant other's ability to cope with physical, emotional, and environmental problems related to illness, convalescence, and discharge planning. The position requires collaborative work with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish an appropriate discharge plan for the patient.

Requirements

• Knowledge of: Medical terminology and disease process
• Knowledge of: Community resources
• Knowledge of: Insurance regulations and requirements
• Skill in: Work with multidisciplinary teams, outside resources, patients/families/significant others
• Ability to: Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care
• Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required.
• Masters of Social Work required.
• Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.
• Active LSW or LCSW required for New Jersey positions.

Nice To Haves

• Active LSW or LCSW preferred for Pennsylvania positions.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Conducts psychosocial assessment/reassessment of patients/significant others relating to the social, emotional and cognitive capabilities of patients in relationship to their illness and health maintenance needs.
• Develops and implements a plan of intervention that addresses identified needs related to needs/problems identified during assessment.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate discharge planning.
• Provides counseling for patient/family/significant others to assist with coping with new diagnoses, chronic illness and palliative or terminal care.
• Advocates on behalf of the patients/families to enable them to obtain necessary services.
• Serves as a resource and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end of life care issues.
• Refers patient/significant other to community based services/resources to meet patient’s continuum of care needs.
• Coordinates team and/or family conferences when necessary to facilitate patient’s care progression.
• Provides psychosocial counseling and crisis interventions to patients/significant others with needs.
• Provides interventions in cases involving child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and institutional abuse.
• Provides intervention in cases involving guardianship, foster care, adoption, psychiatric assessment and placement, Advance Directives (Center City), trauma and substance abuse.
• Facilitates completion of all placement related documentation in nursing home grants, applications, etc.
• Completes referrals to options programs where appropriate.
• Documents in accordance with hospital and departmental requirements.
• Works with Case Managers in providing discharge planning services per departmental policies and procedures in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
• Identifies patients and locates family and/or next of kin.
• Educates patients/significant others on the process for obtaining health insurance.
• Provides appropriate documents/information to apply for welfare insurance.
• When necessary, initiates medical assistance application in a timely manner (Center City) or ensure medical assistance application has been initiated by identified external agencies (excludes Center City).
• Follows up with identified external service regarding application.
• Provides psychosocial assessment and intervention as well as documents in the electronic medical record updates throughout patient’s hospitalization, discharge planning process and relevant post-acute care.
• Supervises field placement of MSW students.
• When appropriate, refer case to the Placement Official Social Worker to assist in obtaining placement for the patient’s discharge (Center City and Abington/Lansdale).
• Precept and mentor new staff members to their role and department.
• Facilitates and coordinates discharge plans for patient identified to leave on the weekend, including homecare/hospice services; transportation; post-acute facility placements.
• Perform assessments and develops relevant interventions specifically for trauma patients (Abington).
• Obtains relevant post-acute authorizations.
• Manages Livanta appeal determinations and if necessary address alternate discharge plans.
• Provides updates to post-acute facility liaisons regarding possible weekend discharges.
• Reviews discharge orders to determine which patients can be transitioned to the next level of care that day (JNE).
• Assist with completing relevant 302 paperwork, when necessary.
• Documents updates for the week day staff per department procedures.

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription)
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• Medical (including prescription) insurance for all colleagues, including those who work less than part-time.
• Growth opportunities and continuing education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level