Job Description
Additional Job Information
- 40 hours per week
- Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
- On-Call
- Rotating weekends and holidays
- Benefits Eligible from Day 1!
Overview
Job Summary:
Under direction of a physician, assists patients and their families in their residences or outpatient/inpatient settings to adapt and plan an interdisciplinary approach to treating the patient-family system.
Job Responsibilities:
• Social Worker provides comprehensive and standard assessments, discharge planning and consultation services for the patients in the healthcare system.
• Promotes professional practice and adherence to the NASW Code of Ethics and standards as a social worker within the department of case management.
• Provides patients and families with the assistance needed in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.
• Provides coordination of care for complex psychosocial/ medical/psychiatric patients with the medical and psychiatry staff.
• Initiates Civil Involuntary Detention when appropriate.
• Provides direct clinical service to patients and families.
• Plans and implements social work services on assigned clinical service or unit collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Collaborates with community service agencies to meet the needs of patients, families, and the hospital..
• Performs Other Responsibilities as Assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Degree: Bachelor’s Social Work
• Experience: None Required
• Supervisor Experience: None Required
• Licenses & Certification: None Required
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience: Acute care hospital, Medical terminology, Insurance coverage, Billing
• Supervisor Experience: 6 months or higher
• License: BSW in the state of MO.
Working Conditions:
• Direct Patient Care
• Exposure to Blood/Fluid
• Infectious Diseases
Work Shift
Various Shifts (United States of America)Legal Statement
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Equal Opportunity Employer