Licensed Social Worker - Hospital

Description

The Social Worker provides counseling, discharge planning activities and resource referrals for patients who have assessed medical, psychosocial, or continued care needs. Enhance resource utilization and coordination of care.

• LCSW, 1 year experience required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills a must.
• BLS or ACLS

• Collaborates with Care Transition team and Health Advocates for high risk patients for timely follow-up appointments and confirms prior to discharge that complex patients are appropriately linked to community services.
• Coordinates patient care activities with other members of the healthcare team, the patient, the patient's representatives, and community partners and makes referrals as appropriate.
• Effectively intervenes in suspected abuse/neglect cases and in complex or high risk situations as requested; is competent to identify and intervene with high risk behaviors, responding to traumas.
• Identifies and mobilizes patients and family strengths to optimize use of healthcare and community resources.
• Identifies potential problems prevents and or resolves variances to the care management plan; assesses and coordinates family and community resources to meet identified needs to support the discharge plan.