Social Worker

Cleveland Clinic; Vero Beach (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and help deliver world-class social work services. This PRN role supports discharge planning across Med/Surg, ICU, Telemetry and ER, with a focus on psychosocial assessment and family referrals.

You will coordinate care, advocate for patients, and work 8:00 am–4:30 pm on days, with weekend coverage as needed. A BSW and two years healthcare experience are required, plus strong communication and multitasking skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) required.
• Two years of healthcare social work experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask to achieve therapeutic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in discharge planning for Med/Surg, ICU, Telemetry and Emergency Room patients.
• Coordinate social work services and provide psychosocial assessment, counseling, resource information, and referrals.
• Develop skills to cope with illness, hospitalization, treatment, and continuing care issues.
• Function as the patient’s safety advocate and maintain clear documentation.
• Provide care coordination and participate in team conferences for complex cases.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Prioritization & multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW)

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Social Worker

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Utilization Review-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

000240

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providingoptimalfamily-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work withstate-of-the-arttechnology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Indian River Hospital’s Case Management department is looking to add a Social Worker to the team, who willassistin discharge planning for patients. In this role, you willcoordinate social work services for Med/Surg, ICU, Telemetry and Emergency Room patients and provide psychosocial assessment, counseling, resource information, and referrals to these patients and their families.You will develop skills to cope with the impact of illness, hospitalization, treatment, and continuing care issues, functioning as the patient’ssafety advocate. With this beinga PRN role, you will experience plenty of flexibility with the schedule, allowing you to have a good work-life balance, whilestill being able to advance your skills at an elite healthcare organization.

APRNcaregiver in this position works weekend days from 8:00AM – 4:30PM. Someweekdayswill berequired.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Identifysignificant psychosocial issues andimplementappropriate socialservice interventions and continuing care options through the process of data collection, dataanalysisand implementation of a care plan based onidentifiedneeds.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to care for age specific needs of the population served as measured by completion of mandatory training and direct observation by supervisor.
• Demonstrate an understanding of illness/recovery and the impact on patients and families.
• Respond to campus widereferrals on thesame working day.
• Utilize a multidisciplinary approach to ensure continuity of care and comprehensive patient services to maximize the effectiveness of social service interventions.
• Develop and sustain positive workingrelationshipswith patients, families, physicians,nursesand ancillary personnel.
• Act as a resource to patients, families,physiciansand staffregardinginternal/external resources.
• Initiate team conferences tofacilitatediscussion/consensusregardingcomplex cases.
• Usecrisis intervention techniques to calm,comfortand stabilizepatient/families under stress.
• Utilize knowledge to coordinate realistic referrals and continuing care plans to meet the needs,ageand health status of the patient.
• Inform the patients,familiesand anyone accountable for the continuing care of the patient of their role and responsibilities relating to the continuing care plan.
• Utilizeappropriate clinicalintervention skills toassistpatient,familiesand staff with their abilities tocope.
• Document on CM progress notes, multidisciplinary problemlistand interdisciplinary education records to provide clear, conciserecordof social work services and interventions.
• Facilitate and coordinatetimelytransfer and discharge of patients with complex needs and inpatient and outpatient dialysis arrangements.
• Disclose medical errors to patients and familiesin accordance withexisting patient safetyplanand disclosure policy.
• Assistin developing andmaintainingthe electronic case management resource manual.
• Act as a campus wide resourceregardingthe Baker Act.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work(BSW)
• Two years of experience as a social worker in healthcaresetting
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and multitask to achieve a therapeutic outcome

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Inpatient experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires frequent walking from department to department: require sitting at a workstation or desk; requires standing; work may include occasional publishing and/or pulling, lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 20 lbs.
• such as files, documents and computer printouts.
• Work requires finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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