Social Worker

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

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital seeks a Social Worker to coordinate discharge planning, support patients and families to maximize their treatment benefits, cope with their medical condition, and participate in their care.

The role involves developing knowledge of local, state and federal resources, securing payer authorization when needed, and collaborating with the care team to ensure a timely, appropriate discharge plan.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work required.
• Experience in discharge planning and hospital social work preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the discharge planning process for all patients.
• Evaluates psychosocial aspects to optimize treatment benefits and patient participation in care.
• Maintains knowledge of local, state and federal resources for patients and families.
• Ensures accurate data entry across information systems for HIM and Patient Accounts.
• Collaborates with the Care Coordinator/Interdisciplinary team to review the care plan and discharge status.
• Monitors progress toward discharge plan goals and revises as patient needs change.
• Transfers post-discharge care plans to the next level of care and ensures policy compliance.

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