Medical Social Worker/Social Services/PT Sat Sun + 1 Weekday

Medical Social Worker/Social Services/PT Sat Sun + 1 Weekday

Requirements

• Master’s Degree In Social Work

Responsibilities

• Assess the psychosocial needs
• Completes psychosocial assessments
• Identifies the key clinical issues such as grief and loss, adjustment to illness, psychiatric concerns with attention paid to the developmental milestones and life transitions that can impact functioning
• Documents assessment finding per department guidelines
• Consult with team members in development of treatment plans
• Maintains ongoing communication with multi-disciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up
• Documents ongoing progress with patients/families in the appropriate section of the medical record as required by policy and regulatory agencies
• Attends rounds in major practice areas
• Documents consultation, recommendations, interventions and treatment plans
• Identifies and communicates needs for patient care conferences
• Arranges / participates in patient care conference for difficult/high-risk psychosocial cases to enhance resolution of identified issues and promotes understanding of patient
• Utilizes and Refers to internal resources of hospital and community resources that can assist patients and families
• Facilitates the timely discharge of patients
• Provides referral to patients and families for ongoing community services/support after leaving hospital
• Consults and intervenes in crisis situations
• Assists staff in de-escalating volatile situations
• Educates other staff in handling Code Green situations
• Coordinates and facilitates critical incident debriefings
• Develops nursing education to increase staff knowledge
• Encourages patient and family participation in the decision making process
• Reports all mandatory protective concerns such as Elder Abuse, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence as required by law
• Protects pt privacy by maintaining confidentiality
• Keeps current with regulatory and legal requirements regarding pt privacy and confidentiality standards
• Identifies bio-ethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response
• Develops and implements treatment goals which address identified needs
• Practices appropriate boundary setting with clients
• Demonstrates sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity
• Effective at crisis intervention and problem solving techniques and is a resource to others in these areas
• Seeks resources when faced with unusual or new situations
• Utilizes appropriate treatment modalities including individual, conjoint, and group
• Evaluates pt/family response to interventions
• Revises care provided to patients/families

Preferred Qualifications

• Hospital experience
• California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – CA Board of Behavioral Sciences -PREFERRED