Social Worker Care Coordination - Full Time

Penn Medicine; Plainsboro Township (NJ); Vor Ort; USD 64.000 - 103.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Penn Medicine, a leading academic medical center in New Jersey, is seeking a Social Worker to support discharge planning and patient/family education across care settings.

The role involves assessing psychosocial needs, coordinating resources, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe transitions from hospital to post-acute care, while upholding Penn Medicine's commitment to compassionate care.

Qualifikationen

• LCSW or LSW licensed social worker required
• Master of Social Work from CSWE-accredited program required
• Preferred 1 year hospital social work or related health care experience

Aufgaben

• Assesses patient’s and family’s psychosocial risk factors and evaluates support systems.
• Intervenes with families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; advocates for patient empowerment and independence.
• Participates in discharge planning activities for complex patients to ensure timely discharge and link with post-discharge care providers.
• Educates patient and family and physician regarding post-acute options and addresses issues of choice.
• Documents social work interventions and discharge planning information in the medical record.

Ausbildung

Masters of Social Work

Jobbeschreibung

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary

• Perform activities to meet patient’s and families’ needs in a manner that optimizes the discharge planning process. Facilitates post-hospital continuity of care. Provides counseling, education and support interventions that enhance patient’s and families’ ability to cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient’s and family’s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness and ability to cope. Intervenes with patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; advocates for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions; accesses and mobilizes family/community resources to meet identified needs. Provides intervention in child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, guardianship (temporary/ permanent), foster care, adoption, mental health placement, advance directives, adult/elderly abuse, child protection and sexual assault. Serves as a resource person and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues. Participates in discharge planning activities for complex patients, in order to ensure a timely discharge and to provide appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers. Intervenes with families exhibiting complex family dynamics that impact directly on patient care and discharge. Communicates with members of interdisciplinary team regarding the discharge planning status of assigned caseload. Educates patient/family and physician regarding post-acute options and addresses issues of choice. Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, skills competency, supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff. Documents social work interventions and relevant discharge planning information in the medical record according to Department standards.

Credentials

• LCSW or LSW (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience

• Masters of Social Work from graduate school of social work approved by the Council on Social Work Education required

Related Work Experience

• Preferred 1 year hospital social work or related health care experience.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Salary Range

$64,390.56 - $102,664.22/Annually based on 40 hours per week

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.