Social Worker | BSW | PRN | BHS Acute Unit

Sioux Center Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 35,128 - 52,693; Full time

Job summary

Sioux Center Health is looking for a Social Worker in Sioux Falls to provide medical social casework services across a diverse patient demographic. The candidate will assist in meeting psychosocial needs, collaborate with healthcare teams, and ensure optimal patient functioning.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Social Work and an active license in South Dakota. Benefits include competitive pay rates ranging from $25.50 to $38.25, based on experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform job functions satisfactorily including visual acuity and effective communication.
• Experience in healthcare social work is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients and family to gather health history and information.
• Evaluate data to assist with patient therapy programs.
• Provide education on medical recommendations to patients and families.
• Coordinate with a multidisciplinary team for patient care.

Skills

Medical Social Work

Communication

Patient Advocacy

Education

Bachelor’s in Social Work

Job description

Location: Avera Behavioral Health Center-Sioux Falls

Worker Type PRN

Work Shift Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range $25.50 - $38.25 (actual pay rate dependent upon experience)

Position Highlights

This position will help cover PTO, leaves of absence, and high census. Hours vary based on need.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Accountable for providing medical social casework to a wide array of patients ranging from newborns to geriatrics. The main focus of the Social Worker is to assist in meeting the psychosocial/continuum of care needs of the patient and family to ensure optimum functioning. In addition to direct care services, the Social Worker shall have duties of consultation, education, policy and program planning, performance improvement tasks, advocacy and liaison with the community. Each social worker has a "home" department(s) they primarily work out of but will also be cross‑trained to other areas to assist colleagues as needed.

What You Will Do

• Interviews patient and family members to obtain information about home environment, family systems, health history, and the patient’s personality traits.
• Evaluates data gathered in terms of the medical plan of treatment, available social service programs, financial counselling, and plans a pertinent therapy programme that will provide maximum benefits and safety for each patient.
• Assists patients and families to understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations with emphasis on assisting patients to be compliant with the clinical care plan.
• Performs a variety of services such as advising on social problems, arranging for transportation to clinic appointments and treatments as appropriate, arranging for durable medical equipment as appropriate, and alleviating patient/family anxieties and fears.
• Utilises resources to assist patients to resume life in the community while learning to live with a chronic illness.
• Prepares and updates records for each patient; prepares required documentation of each case; maintains records and reports as required.
• Serves as the social work representative on a multi‑disciplinary team approach to patient care.
• Works collaboratively with clinical coordinators, physicians, and other members of the care team in providing coordinated services, which facilitates continuity of care for the patient.
• Provides education to families regarding advance directives and assists patients and families with questions regarding advance directives for healthcare.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily, including having the visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, to hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Bachelor’s in Social Work
• Social Worker – Licensing Board; an active licence in the state of practice upon hire

Preferred Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• 1‑3 years of healthcare social work experience

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating workflow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, the Joint Commission, DHHS and OSHA if applicable.

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer – qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1‑605‑504‑4444 or send an email to [e-mail].