Social Worker PRN

Baptist Health; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in New Albany, IN seeks a Medical Social Worker (MSW) for PRN discharge planning, case management, and family psychosocial support within the hospital setting.

The role includes psychosocial assessments, interventions to help patients cope with illness and hospitalization, and guidance to families for post-discharge care. MSW degree and Indiana LSW license are required; CCM and 2+ years' experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work degree required.
• Indiana license as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) required.
• Minimum of two years of social work experience preferred.
• Case Management Certification (CCM) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Discharge planning and case management for hospitalized patients and families.
• Provide psychosocial assessments and interventions to support coping with hospitalization, illness, and life situations.
• Offer guidance and education to families on post-discharge care and continuity of care options.

Skills

Discharge planning

Case management

Psychosocial support

Hospital social work

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Indiana LSW license

CCM certification (preferred)

Job description

Summary Job Description

Seeking Medical Social Worker! PRN (work as needed), shifts and days vary Baptist Health Floyd, Care Coordination Southern Indiana/Louisville, Kentucky area The Social Worker (MSW) is a non-clinical social work position responsible for discharge planning, case management, and psychosocial support of patients and their families within the hospital setting. This involves completing psychosocial assessments and interventions to assist patients in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation and provide support and education to families on how to support the patient after hospitalization. The Social Worker also provides advice or guidance for any other non-medical problem or barriers to care patients may have that may hinder their rate of recovery or delay discharge and serves as a resource for continuity of care options after discharge.

Position/Opportunity Highlights

• Work independently, as well as with a collaborative team
• Opportunity to work in community setting, we serve 6 Southern Indiana counties
• Work with a leadership team that believes they are there to support you

Qualifications

• Current Master of Social Work degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education required.
• Current Indiana license as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) required based on state of practice.
• Minimum of two (2) years of social work experience preferred.
• Case Management Certification (CCM) preferred.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We are conveniently located 10 minutes from downtown Louisville at 1850 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150. EOE.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.

The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana.

Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians.

Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

• Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD).
• For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057.
• For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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