Medical Social Worker II
Medical Social Worker II
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Overview
Medical Social Worker Social Services
Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift
Some weekends required
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member ofCovenant Health a locallyowned nonprofit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patientfocused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 BestinStateEmployerfor Tennessee. The CEO of our company Jim VanderSteeg attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first strive for excellence in everything we do and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As youd expect we offer our employees arobust benefits package including: offering unmatched medical insurance tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employermatched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Position Summary:
Provides professional social work services to designated patient population and provides counseling and discharge planning as well as other social work services to patients and families on the assigned units. The general practice of social work in a hospital setting includes interviewing assessment planning intervention evaluation case management mediation supportive counseling information and referral problem solving client education and advocacy. This position has documented advance practice skills via certification and experience.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon
Responsibilities
- Assists patients/family/significant other with physical emotional and social concerns that arise during the hospital stay.
- Provides discharge planning services to patients needing this service on assigned units.
- Completes required documentation prerequisites for placement/authorizations prior to discharge.
- Completes initial assessment and continued documentation to obtain pertinent background/social/ financial data. Documents social determinants of health as indicated in medical record.
- Connects patients/family/significant other with community resources to aid in their treatment and recovery.
- Acts as facility liaison with adult and children protective services as indicated.
- Cooperates with hospital staff and physicians and keeps them informed of progress with patients via verbal communication and chart documentation in medical record.
- Exhibits the skills of empathy communication organization critical thinking active listening and patience.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
Bachelors degree from accredited social work program with state licensure (LBSW) OR Masters degree (MSW) from accredited graduate social work program.
Minimum Experience:
Two 2 years of experience.
Licensure Requirement:
If Bachelor prepared must be licensed (LBSW). No licensure required with MSW.
Employment Type
Full-Time
