Social Worker MSW- Lansdale

Job Role:

Social Worker providing services to assess and enhance coping for patients and families related to illness, convalescence, and discharge planning. Works with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a discharge plan.

Address: 100 Medical Campus Dr, Lansdale, PA 19446

Schedule:

M-F 8am-4:30pm, 1 weekend a month rotation, on call rotation

• 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.

• Knowledge:
  Medical terminology and disease process;
  Community resources;
  Insurance regulations and requirements
• Skill:
  Work with multidisciplinary teams, outside resources, patients/families/significant others
• Ability:
  Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care

Minimum

Education and Experience Requirements:

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

• Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.

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

• 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.

• Facilitates and coordinates discharge plans for patient identified to leave on the weekend, including homecare/hospice…