Social Worker - Hamilton, NJ

Overview

The Social Worker collaborates with members of the healthcare team to facilitate the progression of the patient s treatment and discharge plan. This position includes assessment, care coordination, and education of the patient/caregiver/healthcare team to reach appropriate goals from hospitalization and post-hospital care. The Social Worker provides direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in an interdisciplinary team approach.

The Social Worker ensures continuity of care for patients with complex post-acute needs and maximizes the patients  and families  abilities to meet continuing needs within their social and financial framework.

• Complete initial psycho-social assessments on assigned patients, providing psychotherapeutic counseling with individuals, families or groups as needed, giving clinical consultations as needed, providing patient-centered advocacy, collaborating with interdisciplinary team, managing complex discharge plans, building and maintaining relationships with internal/external resources, making referrals to community agencies and entitlement programs, and continuing ongoing education
• Formulates comprehensive psychosocial assessments to identify psychosocial/behavioral problems for implementation of treatment plans
• Participates in ongoing case conferencing with focus on psychotherapeutic advocacy, clinical goals, and treatment planning
• Provides crisis interventions for patients and their family members/significant others/PCGs
• Provides psychosocial counseling to patients and family members/significant others/PCGs to assist in adapting to illness, diagnoses, and discharge
• Arranges for placement of patients in inpatient psychiatric units or intensive outpatient mental health and/or substance abuse programs
• Provides assistance to patients and family members in locating outpatient resources
• Assesses the patient s cultural and religious practices, emotional barriers, desire and motivation to learn, physical and cognitive limitations and language barriers
• Documents findings on the Social Worker assessment form; documents and communicates information to multidisciplinary team to coordinate and maximize care; documents in medical records according to department and hospital standards
• Develops a discharge plan, in collaboration with the patient/family and healthcare team that will provide maximum benefit for each patient
• Consults with physicians and medical center staff regarding the patient s medical situation, psychological adjustment to illness/disability and/or continuing care needs
• Makes appropriate referrals to DCPP, Adult Protective Services, and other agencies as necessary
• Assists with transfer or discharge of patient to another level of care or setting based on patient s assessed needs and hospital s capacity to provide care
• Notifies supervisor/manager of difficult discharge placement concerns in a timely manner
• Collaborates with Risk Management and legal staff on guardianship/other legal issues to prevent discharge delays
• Accurately completes all transfer and discharge summary forms
• Other duties as assigned

Required
:

• Graduation from an accredited graduate school of Social Work with an MSW (Master’s in Social Work) degree

Preferred
:

• Case Management certification
• One or more years of experience in an acute hospital setting

• State licensure required by the NJ State board of social work examiners
• Licensed social worker (LSW) or licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) depending upon years of social work experience and clinical coursework

• Day Shift
• Per Diem

• Location:
  
  One Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, NJ 08619
• Department:
  Case Management
• Facility: RWJ Hamilton
• Req #:
• Status:
  Per Diem
• Pay Range: $37.50 - $47.21 per hour
• Job Title:
  
  Social Worker LCSW
• Location:
  
  RWJUH Hamilton Hospital
• Shift: Day

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Wellness Programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Note: This description reflects the current job duties and requirements and is subject to change at any time.