Social Worker Msw - Carmichael, United States - Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Description
Overview
Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael California serving the areas of north Sacramento County and south Placer County for more than 50 years.
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Responsibilities
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients outpatients and emergency department patients.
They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination skilled at managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative compassionate and ethical problem-solving.
As a member of a multidisciplinary health team they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical social and resource issues that impact individual patients families and at risk populations.
Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention patient /family intervention high risk screening brief counseling referring for financial or other identified resource needs arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified.
The Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians case managers nursing staff county agencies community resources patients and families.
The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.
Responsibilities
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients outpatients and emergency department patients.
They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination skilled at managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative compassionate and ethical problem-solving.
As a member of a multidisciplinary health team they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical social and resource issues that impact individual patients families and at risk populations.
Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention patient /family intervention high risk screening brief counseling referring for financial or other identified resource needs arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified.
The Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians case managers nursing staff county agencies community resources patients and families.
The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.
- Performs psychoemotionalsocial/environmental assessments on patients
- Formulates plans for patients with social, emotional, and resource needs
- Provides interventions and counsels patients and families for emotional, social and resource issues
- Serves as the professional on the multidisciplinary team that advocates for patient's perspective in planning for care
- Maintains current clinical training and skills to provide competent care to: Disadvantaged, Disenfranchised and Vulnerable Patient's and Families Critically Ill Traumatically Injured Terminally Ill End of Life situations Maternal and Infant Mentally Ill Substance Abuse Issues
- Manages caseload with timely response to referrals and high risk screening
- Participates with RN Care Coordinator in developing optimal transition planning for patients following discharge.
- Documents assessments and interventions in the medical record and/or care plan, in a clear, articulate manner and
- Participates as part of the interdisciplinary te
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