Social Worker/BA - Comprehensive Adult Program - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Per Diem - Variable Shift

Sharp HealthCare; La Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 103,155,000 - 144,388,000; Part time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is seeking a Per Diem Social Worker at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, CA. The role focuses on discharge planning, psychosocial assessments, and care coordination for patients. You will conduct intake screening and coordinate with care teams to ensure smooth transitions.

Required are a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and AHA BLS Healthcare Provider certification. Hospital and case management experience are preferred; strong customer service to diverse populations is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work is required.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide documentation for discharge planning, psychosocial, treatment plan, UR review and care coordination.
• Handle intake calls and assess patients for appropriate programs.
• Communicate with multidisciplinary teams to develop discharge plans.
• Refer to internal and community resources to support patient care after discharge.
• Assist with crisis intervention and de-escalation as needed.
• Support timely and safe patient discharge and follow-up care.

Skills

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Facility: Grossmont Hospital

City: La Mesa

Department

Job Status

Per Diem

Shift

Variable

FTE

0

Shift Start Time

Shift End Time

AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association; Bachelor's Degree

Hours

Shift Start Time

Variable

Shift End Time

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information

Weekend Requirements

Every Other

On-Call Required

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)

$36.000 - $45.000 - $50.390

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

To provide documentation for discharge planning, psychosocial, treatment plan, UR review, and care coordination for patients. Intake phone calls and assessment patient for appropriate programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work.

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Hospital experience.

• Case management experience.

Essential Functions

• CommunicationDocuments all discharge planning and progress towards goals.Consult with team members in development of discharge plans.Maintains ongoing communication with multidisciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up.Attends rounds in major practice areas.Documents consultation, recommendations, interventions and treatment plans.Communicates needs for patient care conferences.

• Community resource Refers to internal resources of hospital that can assist patients and families.Refers basic community resources.Assist with discharge planning for patient and family.Provides referrals for ongoing assistance to patient/family.

• Consultation and support Consults and intervenes in crisis situations.Assists staff in de-escalating volatile situation.Participate in critical incident debriefings.

• Customer service Assist Clinical staff with locating Community Resources.Assist with referrals to patient's family for ongoing assistance after leaving program.Assist with facilitating a timely discharge of patients.

• Patient advocate Reports all mandatory protective concerns such as Elder Abuse, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence ad required by law.Protects patient privacy by maintaining confidentiality.Keeps current with regulatory and legal requirements regarding patient privacy and confidentiality standards.Identifies bio-ethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response.Assess discharge plan (may complete psychosocial assessments as appropriate per scope of practice and program). Identifies the key clinical issues such as grief and loss, adjustment to illness, psychiatric concerns with attention paid to the developmental milestones and life transitions that can impact functioning.

• Patient care Practices appropriate boundary setting with clients.Demonstrates sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity.Effective at crisis intervention and problem solving techniques and is a resource to others in these areas.Seeks resources when faced with unusual or new situations.Evaluates patient/family response to interventions.Revises care provided to patients/families.Orient patients, initiate, and support admissions process per policy and or department guidelines.Complete Utilization Review for admitting and ongoing treatment for patients. Document authorizations in electronic health record and per policy or department guideline.

• Staff Training Adequately orient new employees of rules and responsibilities.Evaluate abilities and efficiency.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good customer service skills and experience working with diverse population.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class