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Job Description
Overview
CHI Health Immanuel located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street offers a full-service hospital cancer center rehabilitation center specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.
Responsibilities
Eligible for up to a $5000 New Hire Sign-On Bonus!!!
JOBSUMMARY/ PURPOSE
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for hospitalized and emergency department patients. The functions of the Masters Social Worker include: crisis intervention patient/family intervention high-risk screening brief counseling referrals for financial or other identified resource needs arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified.
ESSENTIALKEYJOBRESPONSIBILITIES
- Providing developmentally appropriate care for all populations served: plan for the safe discharge and continuity of care recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages the physically disabled mentally ill chronically ill terminally ill and vulnerable patients.
- Advocacy and education: patient/family self-care management; patient/family health management education; bioethics referrals and management; physician staff and community education; case/care management/coordination education and training; risk management identification and referral.
- Psychosocial management: crisis intervention; psychosocial assessment/functioning; counseling support and referral; abuse/neglect/trafficking identification assessment and referral (partner child elder etc.); family issues affecting care; coping/emotional adjustment; grief/bereavement support (individual and group); adoption surrogacy and safe surrender support management and resources; health/wellness promotion; substance abuse screening management and resources; psychiatric screening management and resources; staff support; assessing addressing managing and resources related to social determinants of health (e.g. housing and food insecurity transportation).
- Patient/Family Care Conferences: interdisciplinary care communication/coordination related to continuity/transitions of care planning and management.
- Continuity/Transition Management: As part of Care Management/Coordination team facilitation of patient decisions and communications regarding post-acute care; professional responsibility for knowledge of community resources related to clinical social work scope of service and functions and social worker discretion; maintaining appropriate up-to-date resource lists; education for patients/families about availability of community resources; mental health service and support coordination; grave disability palliative care/end-of-life and hospice patient/family support referrals and management; interventions management and coordination of transition planning for psychosocially complex cases.
- Community Resource Coordination: life-care planning; expert consultation on health care resource management; team and patient education regarding various health-related insurance/support programs (e.g. CCS/Medicare/Medicaid/SSI); building and maintaining community relationships to address needs of patients experiencing homelessness and to meet other social determinants of health needs.
- Performance & Outcomes Management: in-depth understanding and application of federal/state/local regulatory agency guidelines The Joint Commission standards and other regulatory and accreditation requirements; implement evidence-based practices; support organizational financial performance length of stay cost per case readmission prevention efforts and revenue cycle goals.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree (or willing to enter a Masters Degree program) from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
License/Certification: Social Work
Employment Type
Unclear
