Social Worker LCSW - EJGH Transplant

LCMC Health•Metairie, LA

About The Position

The Social Worker serves as a patient advocate and clinical care partner, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to assess and support patients’ psychosocial needs and discharge planning for complex medical problems. The role identifies barriers to care and helps patients and families access resources, particularly in cases involving chronic illness and end-of-life care. Responsibilities include conducting intensive assessments with patients and families, evaluating coping skills and support systems, planning interventions, providing crisis intervention and supportive counseling, and documenting findings and plans in the medical record. The Social Worker also connects patients and families with community resources, supports decision-making and advance care planning, addresses suspected abuse or neglect in accordance with applicable requirements, and reviews complex cases with a manager.

Requirements

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) through the Louisiana State Board of Social Worker Examiners.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial assessments through interviews with patients and family members, consultation with the interdisciplinary team, and review of medical records.
Evaluate coping skills, cognitive and intellectual functioning, support systems, resources, and other factors that may affect responses to illness, treatment, and discharge planning.
Identify barriers and develop interventions to overcome or lessen them in support of treatment-plan outcomes.
Communicate assessment findings and plans to the interdisciplinary team and document assessments, plans, and interventions in medical records.
Provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling to individuals experiencing temporary or situational problems.
Assess suspected cases of elder, child, sexual, or domestic abuse or neglect.
Comply with required reporting under state law and hospital policy.
Refer patients and families to appropriate community agencies, including palliative or hospice services, and facilitate family meetings when goals of care or care plans are unclear or disputed.
Facilitate interactions between staff and DCFS/EPS or other agencies.
Identify patients with complex social and medical issues through case finding and referrals.
Review caseload with the manager, sharing findings, needs, barriers, and progress toward discharge.
Evaluate financial assistance needs and eligibility and direct patients and families to agencies that can help with financial needs, food, shelter, transportation, or other services.
Maintain working knowledge of payer reimbursement requirements for post-hospital services and community resources.
Demonstrate knowledge of legal rights, advance directives, and patient rights, and counsel or educate patients and families about rights, decision-making, and advance directives.