Social Worker

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Newburyport (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Clinical Social Worker to provide social work and utilization review for psychiatric patients under supervision. You will assess psychosocial and financial needs, support discharge planning, and coordinate with the care team to ensure safe transitions from hospital to home or another setting.

Qualified candidates will hold a Massachusetts LICSW, have crisis intervention experience, and preferably inpatient psychiatric hospital exposure.

Qualifications

• Current LICSW license is required.
• Experience in crisis intervention is desirable.
• Inpatient psychiatric hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify new admissions and review for clinical appropriateness and treatment plan.
• Develop an individual plan of care based on psych/social needs and discharge planning.
• Implement a plan of care with ongoing support for patients and families.
• Communicate discharge needs to the care team and address barriers.
• Maintain clinical social work credentials and participate in continuing education.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Social work

Utilization review

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary communication

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description

Under clinical supervision by the Director of Case Management, responsible for providing social work and utilization review services to psychiatric patients and their families. Utilization management includes pre-certification, concurrent and discharge reviews, appeals and denials. Also responsible for assessing the patient's medically related psychosocial, emotional and financial needs and providing assistance to the patient and their family as those needs impinge on the patient's condition, treatment, recovery and safe transition from the hospital to another care environment or to home.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

Identifies new admissions to the psychiatric adult unit and reviews for clinical appropriateness and treatment plan. Develops an individual plan of care based on the psych/social needs of the patient and develops a realistic discharge plan in collaboration with the patient/family/health care team. Implements a plan of care based on the needs of the patient, providing ongoing support and resources to patients and families. Effectively communicates with the interdisciplinary health care team discharge needs and obstacles affecting treatment and discharge disposition. Maintains credentials in clinical social work and attends continuing education programs. Provides support and consultation to other members of the health care team. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Work Experience

Experience in crisis intervention desired. Clinical Social Worker experience, minimum one year in an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting preferred.

REQUIRED LICENSES

Current Commonwealth of Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) license required.

Pay Range

$40.00 - $51.74

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled