Social Worker MSW

HCA Healthcare; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Family building benefits

Counseling services

Time Away From Work

Job summary

HCA Healthcare’s Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO seeks a Social Worker (MSW) to perform non-clinical biopsychosocial assessments and interventions across inpatient floors and the ED. You will support post-acute placement, discharge planning, and patient-family-centered care, coordinating with the care team to address financial and social needs.

You will work with RN case managers, physicians, and insurers to resolve barriers to discharge, provide emotional support, and guide families

Qualifications

• MSW degree required.
• Minimum of one year hospital social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with RNs, case managers, physicians to identify and address patient needs.
• Identify barriers to discharge including financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual.
• Maintain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and private payer regulations and processes; understand managed-care concepts and length-of-stay management.
• Perform thorough assessments and develop discharge plans for high-risk patients.
• Coordinate meetings between the care team and patients/families/caregivers; assist with difficult decisions while honoring preferences.
• Intervene with psychosocial needs, provide counseling, advocacy, and referrals for emotional, social, and financial aspects of care.
• Provide emotional support during complex situations such as end-of-life and crisis interventions.

Skills

Masters Degree

Hospital Social Work experience

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Job description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Social Worker with Research Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

Research Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Social Worker (MSW) is responsible for non-clinical, biopsychosocial assessments and interventions for the inpatient floors and the outpatient emergency department. The MSW performs crisis intervention, patient/family interventions, high-risk screening, focused emotional support, and referrals for financial assistance or other identified resource needs. The MSW assists in post-acute care placement on all discharges, primarily with those patients identified with post-discharge behavioral health and patient assistance/resource needs. The MSW is dedicated to patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination, prioritization, and engages in creative and compassionate problem-solving. The scope of this role includes intensive care units, Trauma, Oncology, NICU, Transplant, and ED. The MSW responds to physician, non-discharge planning social work consults throughout the facility.

What you will do in this role:

• You will work collaboratively with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff members to proactively identify and address patient needs.

• You will identify and address barriers to discharge and recovery. These barriers include financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual.

• You will maintain a thorough working knowledge of the rules of Medicare, Medicaid, and private payer regulations and processes. You will possess a thorough understanding of managed-care concepts and length-of-stay management relating to patient and organizational fiscal responsibility.

• You will perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate discharge plans for high-risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.

• You will coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team and patients/families/caregivers. You will assist patients and families in making difficult decisions while honoring their preferences and values.

• You will intervene with patients/families/caregivers for psychosocial needs, assistance, and support in coping with chronic acute terminal illness. You will engage in consultation, discharge planning, education, counseling, advocacy, and information referrals to meet the emotional, social, and financial aspects of care.

• You will provide emotional support to patients and family members during complex and/or emotionally charged issues, such as end-of-life, terminal illness notifications, death notification (with physician), and crisis interventions.

What qualifications you will need:

• Masters Degree

• Minimum of one (1) year of hospital Social Work experience is preferred

Research Medical Center (https://researchmedicalcenter.com/) is a 585+ bed hospital. Our hospital offers an array of medical and health clinic services. This includes women's services offering obstetrics and fertility, an emergency room, and a trauma center. We offer a Stroke Center, a walk-in clinic, and orthopedics across three Kansas City locations. Our specialty care areas include a Chest Pain Center, Level I Trauma Center, Breast Care Center, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Programs, and Primary Stroke Center. We are one of 10 HCA Midwest Health hospitals in Kansas City and surrounding areas

Research Psychiatric Center (https://researchpsychiatriccenter.com/) is a 95+ bed facility. We offer acute inpatient, day treatment, and community-based outpatient behavioral healthcare. We treat adolescents, adults, and senior adults for emotional disorders, mental illness, and substance abuse. Our professional staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and licensed professional counselors. We are committed to delivering our patients skilled compassionate care regardless of age or circumstance.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.