GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Social Worker is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Masters Degree in Social Work.
• Social work or protective services experience preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care and payor issues preferred.
• Experience in psychosocial and therapeutic counseling preferred.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Possess interpersonal communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
• Possess analytical, data management and PC skills.
• Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
• Ability to work independently, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
• Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED

• LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $28.25 - $40.64 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person