Temporary Social Worker

Stony Brook University•Town of Brookhaven, NY

11d•$86,162 - $109,275•Onsite

About The Position

At Stony Brook Medicine, our Social Workers are valuable members of our team, who provide empathic care to our patients, their families and visitors, with the highest degree of integrity and respect. Social Workers apply the principles and practices of their profession to provide integrated social casework, including direct counseling, therapy, advocacy, and other services to individuals, families and groups in a variety of settings. Social Workers plan, implement, coordinate and document treatment for individuals diagnosed with both medical and behavioral health diagnosis, substance use disorder, disabilities; victims and violence and other health care related social issues. Most recently, Social Work has been instrumental in responding to both Social Determinants of Health and Health care equity. Qualified candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, knowledge and understanding of patient care and effectively respond to changing patient needs by making decisions based on ethical principles and adhering to our high standard of excellence.

Requirements

MSW from an accredited Social Work Education School.
NYS License within one year of hire.
Experience in medical health care setting.
Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrates strong Psychosocial Assessment skill set.
Demonstrates understanding of discharge planning and long length of stay barriers and systems.
Working knowledge of Long Island and Metropolitan NY Community resources.
Demonstrates patient first, patient advocacy and service excellence.
Computer literate and understanding of data analysis.
Demonstrates the following: Understanding of community systems; demonstrates ability for project management and action planning; demonstrates team work and team leader focus; understanding of data collection and statistics.
Ability to cover multiple patient populations.
Verification of degree (e.g., diploma or official transcript) is required for this role. Upload of documentation must be included with your application for consideration.
Resume/CV should be included with the online application.
Successfully complete pre-employment physical examination and obtain medical clearance from Stony Brook Medicine's Employee Health Services
Complete electronic reference check with a minimum of three (3) professional references.
Successfully complete a 4 panel drug screen
Meet Regulatory Requirements for pre employment screenings.
Provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s).
Failure to comply with any of the above requirements could result in a delayed start date and/or revocation of the employment offer.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Multiple Medical Specialties in Social Work Health Care.
Experience in Hospital, In-Patient setting, or skilled Nursing Facility.
Discharge Planning experience.
Diagnosis specific Social Work.
Bi-lingual.

Responsibilities

Psychosocial assessment of selected cases.
Effectuate discharge planning.
Attend rounds and coordinate with medical team.
Work with community agencies in regards to patient post discharge needs.
Work with SB Outpatient division for improved continuum of care.
Compliance with documentation of Social Work intervention.
Coordination of discharge transportation, insurance verification, advocacy with insurance companies for discharge planning and insurance reviews as needed.
Assist patient financial services, benefits or with Medicaid applications as needed.
Coordinate and give review to insurance companies as needed; contact insurance companies for authorizations.
Assist patients and families with advanced directives.
Supervision of professional social work students.
Active involved in performance improvement activities including program development, data collection and analysis on palliative care cases.
Coordinate with Psychiatry and intervention with psychiatric patients on medicine units.
Cross coverage on units.
Assist patients and families with advanced directives and MOLST
Active in performance improvement activities including program development, data collection, and analysis on palliative care cases.
All other duties as assigned.