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Social Worker at Virtua

Posted in Other 30+ days ago.

Location: Pennsauken, New Jersey





Job Description:

HELPING YOU BE WELL, GET WELL AND STAY WELL

As one of New Jersey's largest non-profit health systems, Virtua provides comprehensive health care services to achieve its mission to help people be well, get well and stay well.

Virtua provides services through Virtua Medical Group with 302 physicians and other clinicians, and at its urgent care centers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, health and wellness centers, fitness centers, home health services, long-term care, rehabilitation centers and paramedic program.

A leader in maternal and child health services, Virtua delivers nearly 8,000 babies a year. It provides health services to 1,500 businesses, and participates in Virtua Physician Partners, a clinically integrated network of 1,400 physicians and other clinicians.
Virtua is affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neuroscience and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for pediatrics.

Virtua employs more than 9,000 and has been honored as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Delaware Valley every year since 2007. It is the recipient of a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality of care, and its hospitals earned straight A's in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group and the 2016 Patient Safety Award from Healthgrades.

U.S. News and World Report ranked Virtua's Mount Holly and Voorhees hospitals as High Performing Hospitals and Voorhees as a Best Regional Hospital. Virtua is also the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation.

Employment Type:

Employee

Employment Classification:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Work Shift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Total Weekly Hours:

40

Location:

Pennsauken - 6991 North Park Dr.

Additional Locations:

Job Summary:

Job Summary:

Assess, diagnoses, intervenes with and plans for social work services related to patient and family bio-psychosocial needs and behaviors. Integrates assessment using information related to cultural, clinical, ethnic, age and other factors into plan of care in order to implement transition plans and treatments. Acts as active team member in the care management of patients with behavioral health, palliative care and social determinants of health needs. Coordinates the transition through the care continuum to achieve the desired outcome. Refer patients/families and caregivers to appropriate resources regarding abuse/neglect/domestic violence, alcohol and substance use disorder. Performs appropriate clinical interventions related to grief counseling, bereavement, and adjustment, crisis intervention in order to support the care coordination and increase patient/family coping skills. Responsible for the psychosocial assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and support of patients through the continuum of care. Using appropriate utilization of resources, maintain compliance and achieve cost effective and positive patient outcomes. Utilizes independent critical thinking and collaborates with multidisciplinary team to address patient's discharge needs and transition into post- acute setting when applicable.



Position Responsibilities:

Uses culturally competent skills to assess individual patient needs and refers to appropriate professional staff when necessary. Coordinates appropriate care through psychosocial assessment, multidisciplinary rounds and patient advocacy. Provides clinical social work consultation, ongoing case discussion and evaluation, patient advocacy, clinical goals, and treatment plans, for the purpose of providing individual, group and family psychotherapeutic counseling. Coordinates a broad spectrum of social and planning needs. If applicable, participate and develop inpatient and community programs that benefit patient, families, and staff. Implements support groups for specified disease processes or biopsychosocial issue to assist community outreach and development.

Maintains appropriate and complete documentation of appropriate interventions including assessments, plans and referrals. Follows up on all referrals from the provider for behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, end of life supportive care and other biopsychosocial needs. Makes appropriate referrals with respect to patient, family and transitional needs. Provides education on available resources and strategies for utilizing or gaining access to resources.

Coordinates appropriate care through psychosocial assessment, multidisciplinary rounds and patient advocacy. Provides clinical social work consultation to physicians, professional staff, and other teams members/supervisors to provide optimal quality patient care and effective operations.

Knowledgeable of public and private welfare and health agencies available to serve the community. Acts as a liaison with community health and social service agencies. Also, possess knowledge of State and Federal hospital compliance. Identifies and reports compliance issues as appropriate.


Position Qualifications Required:

Required Experience:

One year of social work experience in a related clinical setting preferred.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem solving, conflict management, organization and planning skills. Demonstrated competence in providing clinical social work services including psychosocial counseling with individuals and families.

Ability to understand medical terminology, diagnostic criteria, with the ability to communicate effectively with persons of diverse backgrounds.

Required Education:

Minimum education of Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW), from an accredited school of social work.

Training / Certification / Licensure:

Current valid New Jersey State Social Worker License (LSW) required.


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