Social Worker MSW Float Pool PRN

St. David's HealthCare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 38,572 - 55,104; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Mental health services

Telemedicine services

401(k) match

Education support

Job summary

St. David's HealthCare in Texas is seeking a Social Worker (MSW) for a float pool PRN role to support inpatient floors and the outpatient emergency department.

The MSW conducts biopsychosocial assessments, crisis interventions, discharge planning, and referrals for financial or resource needs, collaborating with RN case managers and physicians. The position emphasizes patient/family-centered care, preferred post-acute care placement, and engagement with a broad range of units including ICU,

Qualifications

• Requires Master's Degree in Social Work.
• LCSW, LMSW, or RCSW-I license/Intern status required.
• Non-clinical social work with patient/family support.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with care team to identify and address patient needs.
• Identify barriers to discharge and recovery across financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical and spiritual aspects.
• Maintain knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid and private payer rules and processes.
• Perform thorough assessments and develop discharge plans for high-risk patients.
• Coordinate meetings between care team, patients, families and caregivers.
• Provide emotional support to patients and families during complex or end-of-life situations.

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

LCSW or LMSW/RCSW-I

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family!

Jump-start your career as a(an) Social Worker MSW Float Pool PRN today with St. David's Healthcare.

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
• (LCSW) Clinical Social Worker, or (LMSW/RCSW-I) Lic Master Social Worker/Reg Clin SW-Intern

No Travel Required

Benefits

2 years experience Required Years of Experience

St. David's Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues.

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

St. David’s HealthCare, which is one of the largest healthcare systems in Texas and the third-largest employer in the Austin area. St. David’s HealthCare was formed through a unique partnership between HCA Healthcare and two local non-profits — St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." – 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.