Social Worker

Saint Anthony Hospital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 58,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan (Employer-matching)

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Free parking

Job summary

Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago is seeking a Social Worker to plan, organize, and implement psychosocial services for a diverse patient population from neonates to geriatrics, with emphasis on postpartum mothers and newborns. The role supports family-centered care and safe transitions across the continuum of care.

The position is a full-time day shift (8:00am-4:30pm) with compensation ranging from $58,156 to $91,000. Final offers depend on experience, qualifications, and internal benchmarks.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Social Work required; LCSW preferred.
• Minimum of one year hospital-based social work experience preferred.
• Experience working with postpartum mothers, newborns, and the pediatric population required.
• Excellent observation, analytical thinking, problem solving, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking, assessment and teaching abilities; flexible with medical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments of patients and families to inform discharge planning.
• Coordinate with care teams to develop individual discharge plans.
• Communicate patient/family issues to staff and attending physicians; participate in team conferences.
• Collaborate on discharge planning including nursing home, rehab, home health, and transportation.
• Assess and intervene in abuse/neglect cases with required documentation in EHR.
• Assist with advance directives and surrogate decision-making discussions when appropriate.
• Support adoption-related coordination between hospital and external agencies.

Skills

Postpartum care experience

Pediatrics experience

Strong communication skills

Education

Master’s in Social Work

Job description

Compensation: $58,156.00—$91,000.00

The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and comparisons to colleagues in similar roles.

About Us

Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric hospital your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care.

About Us

As part of Saint Anthony Hospital’s commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at focalpointchicago.org.

Position Title

Social Worker

Shift

Day Shift

Hours

8:00am-4:30pm

Status

Full-time

Compensation: $58,156.00—$91,000.00

The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and comparisons to colleagues in similar roles.

Position Purpose

Plans, organizes, and implements social work services for patients ranging in age from neonate to geriatrics, with particular emphasis on supporting postpartum mothers, newborns, and pediatric patients. Provides psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, and discharge planning while promoting family-centered care and safe transitions across the continuum of care

Essential Functions

• Conducts psychosocial assessments of patients and family members to obtain information about the home environment, family relationships, perception of the patient’s illness and coping resources in order to provide emotional support and discharge planning assistance. Documents same in the patient's medical record. 25%
• Encourages understanding and acceptance of any illness as well as the treatment plan. Along with this, he/she gathers pertinent information from medical records, hospital personnel and significant others to formulate a comprehensive discharge and post-hospital plan of care. 10%
• Communicates patient/family issues to appropriate staff members and attending physicians. Participates in a team and/or family conference to provide a succinct discharge plan to the team and patient/family.
• Collaborates with patients/significant others and/or physicians on discharge planning, such as nursing home placement, acute rehabilitation placement, home health, transportation, etc. Follows up with insurance verifier to ensure clarification related to patient’s insurance coverage. 15%
• Assesses and intervenes in abuse/neglect cases (all ages). Contact appropriate agency and provided required documentation in EHR with follow-up as needed. communicates to the team as needed. 15%
• Participates in obtaining advanced directive, patient surrogacy forms and end-of-life discussion in collaboration with the patient’s provider, surrogate as appropriate. 5%
• Assesses patients with substance abuse/mental health problems.
• Collaborates with all adoption cases acts as a liaison between hospital and agency as needed. 5%
• Collaborates and assists the patient’s provider acting as an advocate assesses for potential guardianship cases. 5%

Marginal Functions

• Performs both essential and marginal job functions in a safe manner as identified by Saint Anthony Hospital and the respective department while adhering to the Hospital’s confidentiality norms and standards. Actively and consistently demonstrates the core values of Saint Anthony Hospital in all interactions with others.
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and maintaining established hospital and departmental objectives, policies/procedures including general sanitation, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participates in performance activities including problem identification, data collection, solution selection, implementation and evaluation. Also assists in the care and maintenance of departmental equipment and supplies as appropriate.
• Participates in staff meetings and other inservices, meetings or committees as required.

General Job Requirements

(List any required knowledge, skills, experiences or training, including length of time necessary for proficiency, required to perform the job.)

• Master’s in Social Work, LCSW preferred.
• Minimum of one year of hospital-based social work experience preferred.
• Experience working with postpartum mothers, newborns, and the pediatric population required.
• Requires excellent observation skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, and ability to communicate and interact with all levels of professionals, in addition to good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good critical thinking skills; ability to assess, evaluate, and teach. Flexible with a working knowledge of all areas of medicine.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Medical/Dental/Vision) Benefits are effective upon start date.
• Employer-Matching Retirement Plans
• Qualifying Employment for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Free parking

Saint Anthony Hospital Highlights

• Competitive salaries
• Community focus with a Collaborative Culture: Work in a close-knit team that values communication, teamwork, and support
• Professional Growth: Expand your skills and experience in an organization that invests in its staff
• Meaningful Work: Serve a diverse population and make a real impact on their health journey

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Saint Anthony Hospital is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment based on age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected status