Social Worker MSW- Landsdale

** Job Details
** Provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient’s/family’s/significant other’s ability to cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems related to illness/convalescence and discharge plan. Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a discharge plan for the patient.
** Job Description
** Essential Functions
· Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
· Conducts psychosocial assessment/reassignment of patients/significant others relating to the social, emotional and cognitive capabilities of patients in relationship to their illness and health maintenance needs.
· Develops and implements a plan of intervention that addresses identified needs related to needs/problems identified during assessment.
· Collaborated with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate discharge planning
· Provides counseling for patient/family/significant others to assist with coping with new diagnoses, chronic illness and palliative or terminal care
· Advocates on behalf of the patients/families to enable them to obtain necessary services.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

Knowledge of:
Medical terminology and disease process;
Community resources;
Insurance regulations and requirements

Skill in:
Work with multidisciplinary teams, outside resources, patients/families/significant others

Ability to:
Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care Minimum

Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required. Masters of Social Work required.

AND

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.

Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:

Active LSW or LCSW required for New Jersey positions and preferred for Pennsylvania positions.

Additional Information Other Functions (in addition to Essential Functions)
· Serves as a resource and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end of life care issues.
· Refers patient/significant other to community based services/resources to meet patient’s continuum of care needs.
· Coordinates team and/or family conferences when necessary to facilitate patient’s care progression.
· Provides psychosocial counseling and crisis interventions to patients/significant others with needs.

Provides interventions in cases involving child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and institutional abuse. Provides intervention in cases involving guardianship, foster care, adoption, psychiatric assessment and placement, Advance Directives (Center City), trauma and substance abuse.
· Facilitates completion of all placement related documentation in nursing home grants, applications, etc.

Completes referrals to options programs where appropriate.
· Documents in accordance with hospital and departmental requirements.
· Works with Case Managers in providing discharge planning services per departmental policies and procedures in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
· Identifies patients and locates family and/or next of kin.
· Educates patients/significant others on the process for obtaining health insurance. Provides appropriate documents/information to apply for welfare insurance.
· When necessary, initiates medical assistance application in a timely manner (Center City) or ensure medical assistance application has been initiated by identified external agencies (excludes Center City). Follows up with identified external service regarding application.
· Provides psychosocial assessment and intervention as well as documents in the electronic medical record updates throughout patient’s hospitalization, discharge planning process and relevant post-acute care
· Supervises field placement of MSW students.
· When appropriate, refer case to the Placement Official Social Worker to assist in obtaining placement for the patient’s discharge (Center City and Abington/Lansdale).
· Precept and mentor new staff members to their role and department.

Weekend Tasks
· Facilitates and coordinates discharge…