Social Worker

Tampa General Hospital; Spring Hill (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital in Florida is seeking a Social Worker (260002KN) to coordinate discharge planning and provide psychosocial support to patients and families. This role focuses on optimizing patient recovery, streamlining information flow to payers, and ensuring smooth transitions to post-acute care.

The successful candidate will hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work, collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, maintain current knowledge of community resources, and uphold Tampa General

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work is required.
• Experience coordinating discharge planning and care transitions is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to plan patient care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the discharge planning process for all patients.
• Evaluate psychosocial aspects of illness to optimize treatment and care participation.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of local/state/federal services for patient resources.
• Support HIM and Patient Accounts with accurate data entry across information systems.
• Collaborate with Care Coordinator Physician Services/Interdisciplinary team to review plan of care.
• Monitor progress toward discharge goals and revise plan as patient needs change.
• Ensure post-discharge care plan is transferred to next level of care and documented.

Skills

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Care coordination

Documentation/data entry

Education

Master's Degree Social Work

Job description

Social Worker (260002KN)

Provides social work services to patients and families to optimize their ability to benefit from treatment, cope with the realities of their medical condition and participate in their care. Use their understanding of medical conditions, insurance coverage and how physical/psychosocial injury may affect the patient once a patient leaves the medical setting to plan and initiate an individualized discharge plan. Provide clinical information to payers and/or post‑acute providers in order to obtain authorization for hospitalized patients. Develops and maintains current knowledge of and liaisons with local, state and federal services that may provide resources to patients and families. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates the discharge planning process for all patients.
• Evaluates the psychosocial concomitants of illness and trauma and provides social work services to patients and families to optimize their ability to benefit from treatment, cope with the realities of their medical condition and participate in their care.
• Develops and maintains current knowledge of and liaisons with local, state and federal services that may provide education and resources to patients and families.
• Supports the efforts of HIM and Patient Accounts by ensuring timely, accurate, and complete data entry in multiple information systems/data bases.
• Ensures understanding through collaboration with Care Coordinator Physician Services/Interdisciplinary team for review of multidisciplinary plan of care in patient chart (estimated LOS, tentative discharge date, assessed needs for discharge and plan discussed with patient/family). Ensures attendance at Multidisciplinary Rounds or Huddles and reports on discharge plan status.
• Monitors progress toward the goals of the social work/discharge plan of care and revises it in response to changes in patient needs and condition. Assesses any potential obstacles to discharge (clinical, social, support, home environment) and escalates through appropriate channels to resolution.
• Ensures post discharge continuing care plan is transferred to the next level of care and remains compliant with documentation policies.
• Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Qualifications

Education

• Master's Degree Social Work

Work Experience and Additional Information