Social Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
• Knowledge of community resources used for discharge planning and hospital operations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of third-party payment systems and Medicare/Medicaid programs.
• Maintain current knowledge of community services through continuing education.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, record review, and consultation with the interdisciplinary team and caregivers to determine appropriate referrals.
• Facilitate discharge planning with patients, families, and the treatment team, making needed referrals and arrangements and documenting actions.
• Assess patients’ and families’ emotional, social, and financial needs and help arrange community resources to address them.
• Assess and reassess patients’ clinical and psychosocial status, premorbid status, community services used, and diagnosis and treatment plan, as referred by Case Management.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement holistic, individualized plans of care.
• Support patients and families who are having difficulty coping with changing medical conditions.
• Coordinate and implement post-discharge plans in close coordination with Case Managers using ECIN.
• Manage patient discharge processes, advocate for patients, and facilitate referrals to community resources.

Benefits

• PRN employees are not eligible for benefits.
• 15% differential on top of the base rate of pay.