Acute Social Worker - MSW

Fairview Health Services; Burnsville (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, MN is seeking a casual Acute Care Social Worker to support patients and families during hospitalization. The role requires weekend availability with some weekday training and onboarding.

You will perform psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, crisis support, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to navigate discharge barriers and reduce length of stay.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work required.
• LGSW or LISW licensure upon hire in Minnesota.
• 1 year healthcare or related setting experience.

Responsibilities

• Attends daily interdisciplinary rounds and conducts psychosocial assessments.
• Develops discharge plans and coordinates resources to support patients and families.
• Provides crisis support, counseling, and navigation of social determinants of health.
• Collaborates with providers, nurses, social work, and care teams to reduce length of stay.
• Documents interactions in the patient record and adheres to policies.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Master of Social Work

LGSW / LISW licensure

Job description

Job Overview

Fairview is looking to hire a Casual Acute Care Social Worker to join our team at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, MN. This casual position requires availability to work at least every fourth weekend.

The ideal candidate will have previous hospital or nursing home social work experience and be comfortable supporting patients and families in an acute care setting. While the primary need is for weekend coverage, candidates must also have some weekday availability during standard business hours to complete required training, onboarding, and appointments before independently working weekend shifts.

The acute social worker works on-site with the interdisciplinary teams including providers, physical therapists, nurses, dieticians, chaplains and pharmacists to assist patients and families in navigating through their hospitalization. The acute social worker completes psychosocial assessments, care planning/ progression and creates comprehensive discharge plans from the hospital. The social worker is patient facing, responds to crisis situations, manages patient and family expectations, creates solutions to identified discharge barriers and aims to reduce length of stay and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions.

Responsibilities

• Attends daily in person interdisciplinary care team rounds
• Conducts thorough psychosocial assessments with patients and/ or their surrogate decision makers
• Helps the care team navigate and mediate complex psychosocial dynamics
• Is well versed in the surrogate decision maker policy and assists care team members with identifying surrogate decision makers according to the policy
• Communicates frequently with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity and effective coordination of care
• Provides emotional support and counseling surrounding adjustment to sudden illness, grief/bereavement and end of life planning
• Addresses social determinants of health and assists with connecting patients to needed resources in the community such as chemical dependency treatment, domestic violence resources, housing stabilization services, mental health services, food shelves, transportation, financial assistance etc.
• Arranges and facilitates in person care conferences as needed to support patients and their families surrounding navigating complex medical decision-making processes/ goals of care
• Documents all interactions thoroughly and timely following established department standard work
• Serves as the expert in system adult and child protection reporting policies
• Collaborates with patients, families and interdisciplinary teams in developing an individualized discharge plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnoses, level of functioning and other relevant needs
• Participates in hospital initiatives and projects to reduce length of stay and related barriers which may include collaborating with providers for clinical adjustments in care

Required Qualifications

• Master of Social Work
• 1 year Experience working in a healthcare or related setting
• LGSW Mstrs Deg State of Minnesota Upon Hire orLISW Mstrs Deg Adv Generalist State of Minnesota Upon Hire

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years Experience working in a healthcare or related setting

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status