What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOCIAL WORKER-MS OR BS position at Forrest Health?
Job Summary:
Perfomance Expectations:
Education/Skills
Work Experience:
Certification/Licensure:
Mental Demands:
The Medical Social Worker assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from health and medical care. Plans, organizes and implements social work services to patients and families. Must utilize a growth and development knowledge base in the care of children (pediatric), adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Uses professional knowledge and a team approach to provide medical and social interventions for patients who are influenced by health impairments. Provides discharge planning services, emotional care, advocacy, and maintains effective working relationships with community resources and services. Reports to Director of the Medical Social Services Department. Responsible for working occasional weekends and being on call.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Identifies patients/families who would benefit from Social Work Interventions through Care Management meeting and/or referrals.
Interviews patients/families within one working day of referral to obtain data on personal, social, medical, emotional, cultural and religious history in order to delineate problems requiring Social Work Intervention and to plan appropriate services.
Coordinates with the Case Manager and multidisciplinary team members regarding discharge planning and arranges for needed care in the home or alternate setting.
Consults, assesses, refers, coordinates interventions in cases of suspected or actual child or adult abuse and neglect or other forms of domestic violence and/or sexual abuse
Actively participates and provides pertinent information in length of stay meetings and daily Care Management meetings on their units.
Is accountable to manage the placement process into long term care facilities. Reviews financial resources for long term placement and provides education to the patient/family.
Documents in the electronic medical record according to department policies and procedures.
Provides coverage to designated units and the ER in the absence of the assigned Social Worker.
Interacts with patients/families and colleagues with respect, sensitivity and attentiveness to promote teamwork and cooperation.
Adheres to department specific and organizational policies and standards from external regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies (i.e. DNV, CMS, Department of Public Health, etc).
Other duties as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Perfomance Expectations:
Performance expectations will be covered in the orientation and precepted phases of your orientation to your job.
Demonstrate the We CARE philosophy hen communicating with multidisciplinary team, patients and family.
Demonstrate the ability to document in EPIC.
Demonstrate the ability to send referrals for home health and hospice.
Demonstrate the ability to send referrals for nursing home, swing bed, LTACH and rehab through Discharge Central.
Demonstrate the ability to facilitate transfers to post acute care providers.
Demonstrate the ability to order durable medical equipment.
Demonstrates the knowledge of community resources by making appropriate referrals timely.
Education/Skills
Bachelor degree in social work from accredited school of social work required; Master degree preferred.
Will consider Bachelor and new graduate - Medical Social Work.
Will consider Bachelor and new graduate - Medical Social Work.
Work Experience:
Prefer two years social work experience in a health-related agency or facility; will consider new graduate.
Certification/Licensure:
Must be Licensed Social Worker (LSW) as defined by Section 75-53-1 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Must have LSW OR LMSW.
Must have LSW OR LMSW.
Mental Demands:
Ability to organize required tasks, cooperate with others, follow policy/procedure, and relate effectively
with patients, families, physicians, and other health professionals, as well as the public. Ability to
initiate and guide others in problem-solving process. Ability to become familiar with community agencies.
with patients, families, physicians, and other health professionals, as well as the public. Ability to
initiate and guide others in problem-solving process. Ability to become familiar with community agencies.
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