What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker (MSW) position at Mountainside/Hackensack?
Full Time / Day Shift
Who We Are
Patient focused, community oriented, conveniently located and equipped with technology that rivals the nation's most prestigious healthcare systems, Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center offers a comprehensive and growing array of services delivered by caring and highly skilled medical professionals. We're proud of the therapeutic and administrative upgrades we have made. Mountainside Medical Center has been serving Montclair and its surrounding New Jersey communities since 1891. The physicians, nurses and volunteers who are a part of the Mountainside family are your friends and neighbors. We're your community, your hospital and team, working hard for you.
Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center is proud to continue to provide world-class health care services in a community setting. Our 365 bed medical center has successfully transitioned from a stand-alone facility to being part of Hackensack Meridian Health, the most comprehensive and truly integrated network in New Jersey. Mountainside is a joint venture between Hackensack Meridian Health and Ardent Health Services, one of the country's leading private hospital management companies.
We are looking for a dynamic and passionate Social Worker (MSW) to join the Mountainside Team!
What You'll Do
The Social Worker (MSW) will be responsible for providing direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in a multidisciplinary team approach
The successful candidate will be able to :
- Completes an initial psycho-social assessment including social work treatment plan
- Performs any other duties and assignments as assigned
- Provides individual, family or group counseling, complex discharge planning, bio-ethics case consultation, referrals to community agencies and entitlement programs
- Ensures continuity of care for those patients with complex post-acute care needs and maximizes the patient's and family's abilities to meet the continuing care needs within their social and financial framework
- Understands stages of growth and development to assess each patient's age specific needs to provide age specific treatment and care
- Documents interventions in patient's chart and submits monthly statistical information to the department
- Performs any other duties and assignments as assigned
What You'll Bring
What We Offer
Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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