Social Worker MSW PRN
About The Position
The Social Worker promotes patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and coordinating community services for identified patient populations. As part of a multidisciplinary health team, the social worker serves as a liaison between patients, community resources, and post-acute care providers. The role creates and facilitates timely discharge plans, arranges post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care, and supports patient movement across the continuum of care. The position primarily serves Med/Surg units. The social worker collaborates with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff to identify and address patient needs and barriers to discharge and recovery. The role assesses high-risk patients, develops and updates discharge plans with the RN case manager and clinical team, participates in interdisciplinary care planning, educates patients and caregivers about community resources and post-acute care, coordinates meetings, and supports patients and families as they make difficult decisions consistent with their preferences and values.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Master's degree (LCSW) or LMSW/RCSW-I (Licensed Master Social Worker/Registered Clinical Social Worker-Intern).
- At least 1 year of experience.
- No travel required.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff to proactively identify and address patient needs.
- Identify and address financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual barriers to discharge and recovery.
- Perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate discharge plans for high-risk patients with discharge-planning or psychosocial needs.
- Obtain input from the RN case manager to ensure discharge plans are appropriate and aligned with the patient care plan.
- Reassess and modify discharge plans as needed in conjunction with the clinical team.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care planning and perform proactive discharge planning.
- Educate patients and caregivers about community resources and post-acute level-of-care criteria, benefits, and coverage.
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team and patients, families, and caregivers.
- Assist patients and families in making difficult decisions while honoring their preferences and values.
- Coordinate community services and post-acute interventions and facilitate patient movement across the continuum of care.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine benefits.
- 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, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
- Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
- Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
- Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.
