Social Worker, Healthcare Administration

Summary

Summary: Assist patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

• Works in close collaboration with physicians and other health care personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient’s health problems
• Provides service planned to restore patient to optimum social and health adjustment within patient/resident’s capacity
• Utilizes community resources to assist patient to resume life in community or to learning to live within limits or disability (ex. Nursing Home, Home Care)
• Prepares patient/resident histories, service plans and reports
• Witnesses advanced directives as appropriate
• Participates in planning for improving health services of patients through home discharge planning process
• Helps patient and family through individual or group conferences to understand, accept and follow medical recommendations
• Assists Case Manager with determines eligibility, obtains pre-certs and coordinates swing beds
• Obtains pre-certs if needed
• Provides education to patient/family re:
  Advance Directives/Power of Attorney/DNR
• Assists patient in filling out Medicaid forms
• Assists patients in filling out Social Security/Disability Forms
• Organizes the Chaplain program; serves as a member of the Chaplain steering committee
• Performs discharge follow-up calls
• Serves as Chair for the Ethics Committee

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Customer Service
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Teamwork
• Cost Consciousness
• Diversity
• Ethics
• Organizational Support
• Judgment
• Motivation
• Planning/Organizing
• Professionalism
• Quality
• Quantity
• Safety and Security
• Adaptability
• Attendance/Punctuality
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Innovation

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree (B.

A.) in Social Work required, Master’s degree (M.A.) in Social Work preferred. Experience in a supervised practicum in an in-patient healthcare facility. Experience as a practicing social work professional preferred. Must have a current Ohio License in Social Work.

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk, hear or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.

The employee will also be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Infrequent exposure to chemicals, blood and body fluids.

Job Type: Pool

Job Category: Social Work

Job Location: Seaman