Medical Social Worker PRN bei None

QUALIFICATIONS

      Education

      Experience/Skills

• Prefer a minimum of one year of social work experience in a health care setting
• Knowledge of the job description for Medical Social Worker
• Ability to perform all the essential functions of the job outlined below without creating a direct threat to the safety of oneself or others.
• Involves making home visits to clients and families as assigned by the director.
• Communication and interaction with others.
• Must work cooperatively and as a team with clients and their significant others, other hospital workers, director, visitors, and contracted staff.

      Required Licenses/Certifications

      Working Conditions

• Frequent changes in work schedule.
• Subject to substandard living conditions. 
• Work as a team as well as independently.
• Outside and inside work sites. 
• Exposure to all types of weather and temperature changes. 
• Exposure to infectious substances. 
• Exposure to high stress situations. 

ROUTINE RESPONSIBILITIES

      Behavioral Expectations

      Essential Functions

• Evaluates the psychosocial situation of the client and family as it relates to the client’s illness, his/her need for care, his/her response to treatment and his/her adjustment to the care provided.
• Develops and implements a social work treatment plan.
• Takes appropriate action to obtain case work services to assist the client and family with needs.
• Assesses the relationship of the client’s medical and nursing requirements to the client’s home situation, his/her financial resources, and community resources available to him/her.
• Consults with other agencies for appropriate information, serves as Social Service Liaison between community agencies, social service departments, including discharge planners of Sullivan County Community Hospital.
• Acts as a consultant to staff on social and financial resources for active and prospective clients.
• Assists in the development and implementation of projects and/or research relative to the social work program.
• Maintains responsibility to complete mandatory education as assigned.
• Provides visit notes that easily reflect the covered care being provided to the client.
• Demonstrates skill in conflict resolution.
• Responsible for maintaining consistent and concise lines of authority.
• Initiates consultation as issues and concerns arise.
• Provides accurate information of the client visits for billing purposes.
• Maintains confidentiality of all client information.
• Participates in departmental committee as requested.
• Accepts responsibility under adverse working conditions, within limits of safety, such as in inclement weather conditions, and substandard living conditions of clients.  
• Performs other related duties and activities as may be requested.
• You must attend annually at least 25% of monthly departmental staff meetings and review/initial meeting minutes not attended.
• Participates in discharge planning and in-service programs.
• Participates in on-call to ensure patient access to on-going care.