Social Worker (SW) Skilled Nursing

SEH Saint Elizabeth Medical Center•Edgewood, KY

18h•Onsite

About The Position

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Social Worker for the Skilled Nursing Unit located within the Edgewood, Kentucky location. This role provides social work intervention and proactive discharge planning support to patients and their families. The Social Worker will conduct psycho-social assessments and provide input into the plan of care. Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team is essential to ensure timely interventions supporting patient transitions to the next level of care when medically ready. This role also involves working with post-acute care providers to ensure coordinated and timely patient transitions. The position requires demonstrating respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in all interactions.

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.