Medical Social Worker Adult Inpatient Neuro
Medical Social Worker Adult Inpatient Neuro
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Job Description
Department Overview
This Adult Medical Social Worker is primarily focused on serving the Neurology Services within the Adult Inpatient Services. This current unit assignment primarily focuses on serving patients that are acutely being treated for neurological needs. Allowing for opportunities to address specific needs of patients that fit this population and others that could be on these assigned units.
The Medical Social Worker as a member of a multidisciplinary team providesbiopsychosocial assessment brief counseling care coordination information/referral crisisintervention patient advocacy and associated services to patients families significant others andother community agencies who may be involved in the patients care.
The Medical Social Worker directs efforts towards assisting patients and theirfamilies with adjusting to new diagnoses changes in physical functioning challenges ofhospitalization and eventual readjustment to the community. The Social Work Department hascorresponding teaching and research functions related to health and healthcare delivery practices.
The Medical Social Worker provides direct intervention on an asneeded basis with infants childrenadolescents adults and elderly patients and/or families. The Medical Social Worker will practice inaccordance with performance standards ethical principles and core values with a commitment to service excellence. This position may provide social work services to patients admitted anywhere in the hospital including Adult units Pediatric units and the Emergency Department depending on department need or assist with coverage needs for other care management social work services.
Function/Duties of Position
Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significantothers including but not limited to the following: adjustment to medical orhealth condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child andelder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status(including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
Provides crisis intervention and supportive shortterm counseling topatients/families and significant others as necessary to meet immediatepsychosocial needs including but not limited to: Trauma/EmergencyDepartment/ On Call/ Family Notification CODE Response (familyintervention); unanticipated change in health conditions/suicidal ideation;teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood domesticviolence child and elder abuse/neglect.
Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise;actual/pending death of patient/family member; complicated pregnancies;pregnancy termination support postpartum depression; chronic/acutestress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss ofindependence associated with illness or disability.
Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual shorttermpsychotherapy; group work including information/support groups family support patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues of adoptionabortion domestic violence family of origin sexual/gender substanceabuse parenting relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic oracute illness.
- Provides patient advocacy and associated services to patient/family and other involved agencies/parties regarding decisionmaking; advance directives; ethics consultations; court holds; guardianship/conservatorship; citizenship cases; and social cultural factors.
Required Qualifications
- A Masters Social Work (MSW) required. Health care experience preferred.
- Certificate of Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required for employees who practice clinical social work.
Job Related KnowledgeSkills and Abilities(Competencies):
- Assessment Proficiency
- Shortterm Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Excellent task Prioritization
- Effective Communication Skills
- Proficiency and skill in providing social work services in a healthcare setting
- Time Management
- Organization
- Patient Advocacy
- Problem Solving
- Creativity
- Adaptability
- Critical thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Task Reprioritization
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year hospital experience
- LCSW
- Bilingual language skill are strongly preferred
Additional Details
Posted: 3/12/2025 1:26pm
All are welcome
Employment Type
Full-Time
