Medical Social Worker
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Job Location:
Columbia, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Medical Social Worker (LCSW-C)
Job Summary:
The Medical Social Worker II provides comprehensive psychosocial care to patients from admission through discharge. This role collaborates with patients families interdisciplinary teams and external providers to ensure safe timely and coordinated transitions of care. The Social Worker serves as a clinical resource and problem-solver to improve patient outcomes and support cost-effective care delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
Assess patients and develop individualized plans of care.
Coordinate discharge planning and continuity of care.
Address complex social emotional and financial needs affecting health outcomes.
Provide crisis intervention counseling and referrals to community resources.
Focus on high-risk populations (e.g. readmissions advanced age homelessness psychiatric or terminal illness).
Maintain accurate timely documentation and communication across care teams.
Qualifications:
Masters degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
Maryland LCSW-C licensure required.
Experience in an acute care or medical setting preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic health records.
Salary Range: Minimum 34.11/hour - Maximum 56.34/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where we embrace and celebrate our differences where all employees feel valued contribute to our mission of serving the community and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Communication skills
- Bereavement Counseling
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Computer Literacy
- Home Care
- Medicare
- Social Work
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