SOCIAL WORKER MSW (213819)

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center is seeking a Social Worker MSW to join the Moses Campus transplant unit, providing direct and indirect services for patients and families to support safe and timely discharge and treatment plans.

Responsibilities include psychosocial assessments, coordination of services, and advocacy across interdisciplinary teams, with emphasis on ethical and legal considerations in end-of-life care and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the CSWE.
• LMSW or LCSW certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients/families and support systems to cope with the impact of illness and ensure safe, timely discharge/treatment plans.
• Screen patients for social service interventions, assess psychosocial needs, and ensure continuity of care.
• Implement and validate discharge/treatment plans to support patient recovery.
• Coordinate services and provide psychosocial education and feedback to patients and families.
• Refer clinically complex cases to Licensed Social Workers as appropriate.
• Organize workload with appropriate parties based on medical plans and patient needs.
• Demonstrate proactive advocacy and negotiation with patients, families, associates and community.
• Maintain professional conduct and participate in internal/external conferences.
• Utilize psychological knowledge to assist with team building, discharge/treatment planning and education of staff.
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care, including informed consent and advance directives.
• Identify, report and intervene for victims of abuse and neglect.

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

LMSW or LCSW

Job description

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.

Overview

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

This vacancy will be posted on internal Career Website for 5 business days. Associates are eligible to apply for a lateral transfer after completion of one (1) year of service in their present position, with the following exception: an Associate who has received a written warning is not eligible for a transfer/promotion prior to six (6) months from date of issuance; an Associate who has been suspended is not eligible for transfer/promotion prior to one (1) year from date of suspension. Part-time Associates who have completed their probationary period can move to full-time vacancies within their department provided such movement will not unreasonably reduce the operational efficiency of that department. Probationary period is three (3) months for full-time employees, and four (4) months for part-time employees who works more than 3/5 of the normal workweek.

Montefiore is seeking a Social Worker MSW to work in the Moses Campus transplant unit who will provide a range of direct and indirect services for patient/families including the identification of psychological problems and their resolutions. Will collaborate with the patient/family/team to affect safe and timely discharge/treatment plans. Will comply with the mission statement of Montefiore and Social Services and the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients/families and support systems to cope with the impact of illness and effect safe and timely discharge/treatment plans.
• Screen patients for social service interventions, make psychological assessments, ensure continuity of care through development.
• Implement and validate discharge/treatment plans.
• Coordinate services and provide psychosocial education/feedback.
• Provide appropriate referrals and act as a liaison.
• Refer clinically complex cases to Licensed Social Workers.
• Organize workload with appropriate parties based on medical plans, patient needs, and departmental policies.
• Demonstrate proactive advocacy/mediating negotiating skills with patients/families/associates/community.
• Maintain Social Work professional conduct and practices develop networking relationships, participate in patient focused internal/external conferences.
• Participate in departmental programs - quality improvement, statistical reporting, continuing education, staff meetings, etc.
• Utilize psychological expertise to assist with team building, discharge/treatment planning, conflict resolution, and psychological education to interdisciplinary staff.
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical issues and principles related to end-of-life care including informed consent, right to refuse treatment, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment including nutrition and hydration, DNR order, advance directives, determination of decisional capacity and surrogate decision making and the doctrine of futility.
• Identify, report, and intervene for victims of individual and family violence, rape mugging, elder abuse and child abuse/neglect.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
• LMSW or LCSW required.

Per diem

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.