Job Overview:
As a Licensed Social Worker, you will provide frontline services to patients with conditions spanning the entire health care continuum.
The goal of this acute care, nonclinical position is to discharge patients home or to another safe environment.
As an essential member of the interdisciplinary team, you will work and consult with doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to sensitize other healthcare providers to the social and emotional aspects of a patient's illness.
Utilizing your case management skills, you will help patients and their families address and resolve the social, financial and psychological problems related to their health condition.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from an accredited School of Social Work
- Good communication and writing skills
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
Preferred:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Hospital work experience
Certifications and Licenses Required:
- New Jersey State Social Work Licensure (L.S.W. or L.C.S.W.)
Scheduling Requirements:
- Shift working, Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30pm
- Rotate Saturdays and holidays
- FT
Essential Functions:
- Identifies, screens and assesses cases from the patient population
- Provides counseling to patients and families re: illness, hospitalization and discharge planning
- Formulates and implements an appropriate, timely and safe discharge plan for those patients on caseload
- Provides community resources, with follow-up, as needed
- Maintains monthly statistics, enters appropriate and timely documentation into the patient s medical record re: the Social Work interventions provided
- Provides accurate, clear and timely documentation of services provided within the patient s medical record
- Participates in interdisciplinary team and maintains collaborative working relationship with all team members
- Participates in educational in-services and departmental staff meetings; provides feedback to the Director re: ongoing needs for staff and patients
- Attends educational seminars (within the hospital and larger community) and reports significant information, resources to the entire department
- Provides field instruction for graduate or undergraduate social work students, if available
- Coordinates social work services within the palliative care team and facilitates and/or participates in patient/family meetings for the purposes of goal setting and care planning
- Coordinates educational and outreach services relevant to the social work-palliative care collaborative
- Provides liaison function between palliative care team and hospital quality improvement, discharge planning and social work colleagues on assigned palliative care cases, with oversight from the Director of Case Management Services
- Provides liaison function between the palliative care team and community hospices, home care agencies, long term care facilities and other community agencies as needed on assigned palliative care cases
- Documents all social work interventions for palliative care cases in Case Management notes in electronic medical record
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
