LCSW Social Worker: Complex Care and Discharge Advocate

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

LCMC Health is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join our care team in New Orleans. You will serve as the hub of the multidisciplinary team, advocating and supporting patients’ psychosocial needs throughout complex medical cases and discharge planning processes.

You will conduct comprehensive assessments, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling, and assist with identifying community resources to support patients and families.

Qualifications

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) through the Louisiana State Board of Social Worker Examiners.

Responsabilités

• Conduct assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs through intensive interviewing of patient and family members, conferring with interdisciplinary team and reviewing medical records.
• Evaluate coping skills, cognitive and intellectual functioning, support systems, resources, other factors that could affect responses to illness, treatment and discharge plan.
• Identify barriers and plans for intervention to overcome barriers to achieve outcomes as evidenced by treatment plan.
• Communicate findings, plan to interdisciplinary team and document assessment, plan and interventions in medical records.
• Provide crises intervention and supportive counseling for individuals experiencing a temporary or situational problem.

Connaissances

Assess psychosocial needs

Interdisciplinary team collaboration

Crisis intervention

Counseling

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Advocacy

Documentation in medical records

Formation

LCSW – Louisiana State Board

Outils

Medical records systems

Description du poste

LCMC Health is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join our care team in New Orleans. You will serve as the hub of the multidisciplinary team, advocating and supporting patients’ psychosocial needs throughout complex medical cases and discharge planning processes.

You will conduct comprehensive assessments, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling, and assist with identifying community resources to support patients and families.