Social Worker- Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 54,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital is seeking a Social Worker for the Emergency Department. The role focuses on coordinating psychosocial care, facilitating transitions, and connecting patients and families with community resources to support treatment and discharge planning.

You will collaborate with the care team, perform psychosocial assessments, provide crisis support, and lead or participate in multidisciplinary rounds to ensure safe, timely patient care.

Qualifications

• MSW degree from a CSWE-accredited program.
• At least 2 years' experience in a health care facility or program.
• LCSW required.

Responsibilities

• Provides social work services to patients and families to optimize their ability to benefit from treatment, cope with illness, and participate in care.
• Coordinates transitions of care for patients with high psychosocial needs and liaises with community resources.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and ensures documentation supports care planning and discharge needs.
• Performs psychosocial assessments and crisis interventions as part of the care team.

Education

MSW degree from a CSWE-accredited college or university Social Work program

Job description

Job Description - Social Worker- Emergency Department (260002QP)

Job Description

Social Worker- Emergency Department - ( 260002QP )

Description

The Social Worker creates optimal outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk and serves as ambassador between hospital and community. 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. Coordinates transitions of care for patients with high psychosocial needs. 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/databases. Ensures understanding through collaboration with Care Manager and other interdisciplinary team members for review of multidisciplinaryplan 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 psychosocial status and its implication for transitions of care. Monitorsprogress toward the goals of the social work plan of care and revises it in response to changes in patient needs and condition. Assesses anypotential obstacles to successful reintegration into the community (clinical, social, support, home environment) and escalates through appropriatechannels to resolution. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Effectively communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team to facilitate the episode of care so the patient receivesservices in a safe and timely manner, and the patient and family are provided all necessary resources and education. Interprets and communicatescomplex patient/family needs and role models caring practices to other caregivers. Assess patients' and families' psychosocial risk factors throughevaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope. Counsels patientsand families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; accesses and mobilizes family/communityresources to meet identified needs.

Social workers provide brief crisis counseling and therapeutic intervention with particular focus on frequent utilizers of the healthcare system. Beginning in the emergency department and continuing throughout the patient episode of care at TGH, the social worker will assess patient and family needs, connect patients with resources, support adherence to care plans, and help address barriers to health and well-being for patients diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease.

Provides therapeutic intervention to facilitate complex discharge planning by completing psychosocial assessments and high-risk screens after independent case-finding or receiving referrals.

Based on the assessment, develops and documents a short-term treatment plan.Identifies the need for and conducts family meetings that result in comfort, decisions, and other important outcomes.

Serves as the lead in obtaining charity and financial resources, legal guardianship, adoptions, psychiatric referrals, and competency determinations.

Utilizes effective principles of interviewing alleged victims, perpetrators, family members, and significant others.

Provides intervention for end-of-life, guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, etc.

Serves as the point person in child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence. Serves as liaison between Tampa General and state and county child and adult protective teams.

Provides intervention in guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, and mental health level II placements.

Participates in Care Coordination Rounds

Helps create function and productivity on the many teams to which the SW belongs, facilitating the resolution of conflict in order to present a united message to patients and families

Leads or co-leads a standing support/education group for an at-risk population.

Works with people and agencies in the community to improve responsiveness, capabilities, alignment, and evaluation of services to patients and families.

Actively participates in clinical performance improvement activities.

Completes all processes required to facilitate patients' movement through levels of care.

Provides specialized mental health services including, but not limited to, Crisis Intervention and Addiction Assessments and recommendations for psychiatric referral or community resources. Supports those undergoing acute crisis which often results in the use of de-escalation techniques necessary to avoid episodes of physical violence.

Qualifications

• MSW degree from a C.S.W.E.-accredited college or university Social Work program.
• At least 2 years' experience in a health care facility or program.
• LCSW Required

Primary Location

Tampa

Work Locations

TGH Main Campus 1 Tampa General Circle Tampa 33601

Eligible for Remote Work : On Site

Job

Social Work

Schedule

Full-time

Scheduled Days : Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday