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Posted: 11-Mar-23
Location: Orlando, Florida
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 23009151
Description
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Benefits from Day One
- Paid Days Off from Day One
- Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Monday-Friday (some weekends/holidays) 8:00a-4:30p but depending clinic needs.
The community you’ll be caring for:
- Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
- We offer great benefits with immediate Health Insurance coverage
- Career growth and advancement potential
- Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
- AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
- We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year
The role you’ll contribute:
The Clinical Social Worker, Licensed, intervenes with patients who have complex psychosocial needs, require assistance with eligibility determination for social programs, funding sources and qualify for community assistance from a variety of special assistance programs and agencies, and/or require assistance with transitions of care or discharge planning. In addition, offer crisis intervention to patients and families with psychosocial needs and coordinates and facilitates the development of a discharge plan of care for high-risk patient populations. This role will receive referrals for individuals from at-risk populations from interdisciplinary team members (including physicians, RN Care Managers, staff nurses, and other members of the care team). The Clinical Social Worker, Licensed, in collaboration with the patient/family, care manager nurses, nurses, physicians and the interdisciplinary team, ensures patient-centered care coordination through the continuum of care. The Clinical Social Worker, Licensed, ensures efficient and cost-effective care through appropriate resources monitoring and clinical care escalations. The Clinical Social Worker, Licensed, is under the general supervision of the Care Management Supervisor or Manager and is responsible for patient evaluations of post-hospital needs; development of a transition of care plans and initiation of the implementation of the transitions of care plans prior to the discharge of the patient.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Psychosocial Assessment and Interventions
- Assesses patient's and family's psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, assisting those coping with adjusting to significant life transitions
- Intervenes with patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; accesses and mobilizes family/community resources to meet identified needs
- Serves as a resource to provide information and intervention related to treatment decisions, terminal illnesses and end-of-life issues
- Provides grief counseling and crisis intervention skills
- Advocates for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions and access needed services within the healthcare system
- Provides de-escalation services for patient/family as appropriate
- Provide Motivational Interview techniques for patients with substance use and addictive disorders
- Provides patient/family education, adjustment-to-illness counseling, grief counseling and crisis intervention
- Provides education to patients/families/caregivers regarding resource options and coping with diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
- Works in collaboration with hospital and community agencies to obtain needed services and resources for patients/families/caregivers
- Receives referrals for psychosocial complex needs from the health care team.
- Provides assessment and reporting interventions in child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, adult/elderly abuse, child protection, sexual assault, and human trafficking as appropriate.
- Provides consult services for patients who may possibly lack decision making capacity. Follows the guardianship (temporary/ permanent) policies and procedures and coordinates with Care Management leadership throughout the process.
- Provides consult services for foster care and adoptions.
The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Masters in Social Work (MSW)
- Minimum five (5) years experience in hospital/medical social work
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:
- Care Management discharge planning experience
- Knowledge of state and federal guidelines pertinent to care management
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
- Clinical Social Worker License
- LCSW Associate
