CORE VALUE COMMITMENT:

In common mission, our teams work together with our patients at the center. We strive to continuously improve. We value one another�s diversity of talent, experience, and perspective. We each contribute to something bigger than ourselves while promoting integrity, belonging, and collaboration.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Social Worker is responsible for developing and maintaining community contacts; utilizing available community resources to meet patients� individual needs. This role develops working relationships with patients, families and staff for further understanding of significant social and emotional needs underlying patient's health problem.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Assist the physician and other members of the care management team in understanding significant social, economic, spiritual, and emotional factors related to the patient's health problems to establish a plan of care that fosters the personal worth, spiritual well-being, and human dignity of each patient.
• Develop effective, working relationships with patients, families and staff for further understanding of significant social and emotional needs underlying patient's health problem.
• Develop and maintains community contacts, utilizing available community resources to meet patients� individual needs.
• Assesses the social, spiritual, and emotional needs/factors to estimate the patient's and family's capacity and potential to cope with the problems of daily living.
• Participates in the development and review of the plan of care for assigned patients.
• Observe, records, and reports social, spiritual, and emotional changes and provide guidance and coping strategies to patients and families.
• Documents all services in the patients� clinical record.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of patient care standards and practices.
• Knowledge of the community resources available for patients and the requirements needed to access those resources.
• Knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules.
• Skill in communicating in a professional manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Skill in planning, organizing, and time management.
• Skill in using a computer and a variety of software, including Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
• Skill in managing multiple priorities and problem solving.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet established goals and objectives.
• Ability to maintain high levels of professional and personal integrity.
• Ability to convey professional demeanor and sound judgment in dealing with patients� care, protection of patient privacy, and confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to act as a good representative of the company.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Master of Social Work (MSW) required. A minimum of three (3) years of experience in a healthcare setting utilizing a team approach to patient care required. Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (PLMHP) or Licensed Mental Mealth practitioner (LMHP) preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• This role operates in a healthcare setting. This position requires frequent sitting and computer work and allows employee to vary physical position or activity for comfort.
• Must be able to:
• Stand 10% or longer of an 8-hour workday.
• Walk 10% or longer of an 8-hour workday.
• Sit 80% of an 8-hour workday.
• Requires ability to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.
• Requires employee to: bend, squat, kneel, and reach above shoulder level occasionally and twist occasionally.
• Requires repetitive use of hands for: simple grasping, fine manipulation, computer use.
• Requires all sensory skills (speech, vision, smell, touch, and hearing) corrected to near normal range.

NOTE: The information above is a reflection of the general nature of job duties. From time to time, additional duties may be assigned.