Medical Social Worker

Northwell Health; Town of Huntington (NY); On-site; Part time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Medical Social Worker to provide individual and group services to patients and families in various healthcare settings. The role involves utilizing psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services, advocating for patient needs, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. Candidates must possess a Master of Social Work and relevant licensure, with a focus on delivering culturally competent care.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work required.
• Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker in New York State required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans.
• Advocates for patients to ensure maximum access to health care.

Skills

Culturally competent service

Psychoeducation

Crisis intervention

Education

Master of Social Work

Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker

Job description

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This range is provided by Northwell Health. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$44.00/hr - $58.00/hr

155313

Shift Details

Per Diem (as needed, varied shifts)

Job Description

Provides individual, and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.

Job Responsibility

• Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help individuals maximize their functioning.
• Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention. Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions.
• Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient.
• Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice. Initiates communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed.
• Incorporates knowledge of community resource sand entitlement programs in all planning.
• Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
• Represents department and profession is various hospital/site based committees and work groups.
• May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of student’s field placement performance.
• Consults with program management regarding student’s training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with student’s faculty advisor at prescribed intervals.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
  
  

Job Qualification

• Master of Social Work required.
• Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker, or Current License to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
• Prior Medical Social Worker experience, preferred.
• Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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