Social Worker Per Diem
Social Worker Per Diem
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Job Description
Summary
The Inpatient Social Work Care Manager in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team is responsible for assessing planning implementing and evaluating patients incorporating the clinical psychosocial and family factors specific to the care and disease management plan. Communicates and manages the transitions of care and assists patient and family to navigate the health care systems. Recognize and intervene to secure resources necessary for the care and safety of the patient and family across the continuum of care.
Education
Bachelors Degree in Social Work (Masters preferred).
Certification Registration & Licensure
None.
Experience
Acute Care Facility experience of 3 years in Social Work and discharge planning.. Demonstrates effective interpersonal organizational and motivational skills. Demonstrates ability to function as a team player. Proficient in written and verbal communication.
Responsibilities
- Provides assessment and evaluation of patient for clinical psychological and social factors that may contribute to their disease process and may require specific or complex continuing care needs and supportive services.
- Interfaces with patient physicians nurses social workers other hospital departments community based facilities services and financial institutions as necessary to affect changes in the management of cases monitoring delivery of services and/or to secure the necessary resources.
- Provides support to the patient and families and provides evaluation and coordination with care planning and patient safety while arranging for transitional care and discharge planning needs.
- Consults with Inpatient Registered Nurse Care Manager regarding medically complex discharge plans.
- Bases care management actions by applying principles of purposeful organized thinking to make sound clinical judgment/decisions.
- Documents measurement and evaluation of financial clinical functional and satisfaction outcomes as patient progresses towards desired goals.
- Evaluates and responds to the learning needs of clients clinicians and community.
- Manages the care of simple to complex multisystem patients by using time and resources efficiently.
- Provides leadership to members of the health care team relative to discharge and care planning.
- Performs other duties as igned.
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Physical and Work Requirements
The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds frequently lift carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to speak. The employee is frequently required to bend do fine motor do repetitive motion hear kneel reach sit squat stand and walk.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision depth perception far vision near vision and peripheral vision.
The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants airborne pathogens bloodborne pathogens bodily fluids and electrical hazards shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Employment Type
Part-Time
