Social Worker - Sickle Cell Medical Home, Columbia, FT, Days Job Listing at Prisma Health in Columbia, SC (Job ID R1093446)

Description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Coordinates and facilitates the plan of care for the applicable department and interdisciplinary health care team. Responsible for advising the medical staff of available services to ensure delivery of care is provided in the most cost effective manner in the least restrictive environment. Leads treatment team in the delivery and adjustment of services across the continuum of care (inpatient to outpatient). Ensures patient/family successful completion of the care plan with continuous supervision and monitoring. Implements corrective action to reduce noncompliance by assessment, education, counseling and modifications to the plan of care. Coordinates and adjusts care plans across the continuum of care (inpatient to outpatient).

Accountabilities

• DISCHARGE PLANNING

  1.  Screens patients using high risk indicators including but not limited to, frequent hospitalization, inadequate support systems, homelessness, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and domestic violence.

  2. Assesses for immediate discharge planning needs and develops and coordinates a discharge plan as determined by the patient's medical condition, level of independence, functional capacity, family/social support systems, and financial resources.

  3.  Assesses for long term and/or future patient care needs by identifying probable changes in level of independence or functional capacity in collaboration with patient/family and interdisciplinary care team.  Provide information and education on community resources to empower patient/family decision making.

  4.  Communicates the discharge plan to patient/family and the interdisciplinary care team by timely documentation in the medical record, active participation in discharge rounds, and/or verbal dialogue as appropriate.  Collaborates with patient and family to develop the discharge plan. - 50%

  DOCUMENTATION

  Documentation in the medical record is legible and conforms to hospital and department policies and procedures including but not limited to discharge plan, weekly status updates or whenever changes in the plan occur. - 25%

  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

  1.  Assesses patient's behavioral health needs in collaboration with physicians, psychiatrists, and other members of the mental health team.

  2.  Provides counseling, crisis intervention, and psychological assessments to patients/families with appropriate medical staff supervision.

  3.  Collaborates with internal and external resources to develop a short term and long term plan of care as appropriate. - 25%

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Master's Degree Social Work or equivalent in related field
• 1 year - Healthcare setting in which complex discharge planning and management of a 40+ caseload required

Required Certification/Registrations/Licenses

• Licensed Bachelor Social Work - LBSW
• LSW - Licensed Social Worker - LLSW

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

3010 Farrow Rd Columbia

Facility

3250 Sickle Cell 3010 Farrow 300A

Department

32501000 Sickle Cell 3010 Farrow 200-Practice Operations

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