Social Worker - MSW

UPMC; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Pleasant work environment

Friendly team

Job summary

UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital invites applications for a Full Time Social Worker - MSW. The role provides psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, and discharge planning to support patients and families.

You will collaborate with the care team, access community resources, document interventions, and advocate for post-acute care where needed. This position offers day shifts, a supportive environment, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• MSW required.
• Strong psychosocial assessment and counseling skills.
• Ability to document and coordinate care across teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and crisis intervention.
• Identify resources and facilitate referrals for patients and families.
• Maintain knowledge of federal, state and local assistance programs.
• Mentor MSW students and/or serve as field instructor.
• Document interventions accurately in the medical record.
• Educate patients and families about payer requirements and coverage for post-acute care.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop an individualized plan of care.
• Support discharge planning and end-of-life decisions as appropriate.

Skills

Social work assessment

Crisis intervention

Family counseling

Documentation

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Job description

Join our team of Life Changers!

Magee - Women's Hospital of UPMC is hiring a Full Time Social Worker - MSW.

This position will work day shifts.

Excellent benefits, a pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks.

Purpose:

The Social Worker is responsible for providing complete psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, bereavement and end of life counseling, and timely and appropriate discharge planning based on known or anticipated needs.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to patients and families, initiating contact with appropriate resources and facilitating the patient / family's ability to accept referrals.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of federal, state and local assistance programs and community resources that affect patient needs.
• Acts as a mentor to social work students and/or serves as a field instructor to MSW students.
• Successfully utilize therapeutic counseling methods such as crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, CISM and/or other appropriate therapeutic methods that may be appropriate to the clinical situation.
• Provides accurate, timely and appropriate documentation of all social work interventions in the medical record per regulatory policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of reimbursement systems, the ability to educate patients and families regarding payer requirements / coverage for post-acute care services and the ability to effectively advocate on behalf of the patient to obtain authorizations for continued care as appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify, assess, counsel and effectively intervene with medically and psychosocially complex patients with the ability to understand complex dynamics related to the clinical situation.
• Continue to monitor and evaluate the plan of care, options and available services throughout the hospital stay to effectively meet the patient and family's need. Reassess the plan of care as status changes or at a minimum of every 3 days.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional practice, maintaining respect for confidentiality and freedom of choice as outlined by the Code of Ethics by the National Association of Social Workers as well as the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.
• Collaborate effectively with the healthcare team, patients and families and relevant community resources to develop and implement and individualized plan of care.
• Educate and advocate for patients and families to enhance their ability to make informed decisions regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives and end of life care including actively participating in the guardianship process when appropriate.
• Complete a psychosocial assessment that includes social, economic, cultural, age-related and behavioral factors, history of child, elder or domestic abuse, prior psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, family and social support systems and all other available resources as appropriate to the clinical situation.