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Extra Help Medical Social Worker - Health Social Work (Job ID #154049)
Care Continuum
Extra Help
UI Health
Extra Help
29 or less

Eight (8) positions available

The Extra Help-Medical Social Worker provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments, serves as collaborative partner with the members of the healthcare team to coordinate with various medical team members, the patient and family to facilitate an appropriate transitional care plan, will identify support services or intervention, A progression of responsibility is evident in this series and ranges from simple, routine and repetitive duties performed to duties that are complex and highly diversified requiring the exercise of discretion and independent judgment performed under administrative direction.

  1. Meets directly with patient/family to perform a comprehensive assessment including social, emotional, cultural, mental status, environmental and financial circumstances in conjunction with interdisciplinary assessment of the patient. Recommends a plan of intervention based on mutually established goals.
  2. Provide Psychosocial Assessments for patients/families.
    1. Reactions to illness and disability, especially the chronically and terminally ill.
    2. Facilitation of informal decision making (including advanced directives) and development of treatment/intervention plans.
    3. Adjustment to the medical setting and compliance with treatment plan.
    4. Adjustment/coping with post-hospital/clinic care needs and linkage to community resources.
    5. Coordinates groups for supportive interventions or educational opportunities.
    6. Provide supportive services and resources for possible termination of pregnancies.
    7. Financial issues related to insurance coverage and payment
    8. Psychiatric symptoms and chemical dependency
    9. Conflict resolution
    10. Family and personal relationship that impact the plan of care & discharge plans.
    11. Assess for Depression, suicide screening, Depression Scale
    12. Assess, Advocate and provide supportive resources or placement options for Victims of Violence, abuse or Neglect and Addiction Needs
    13. Provides supportive care
    14. Performs assessments of the physical environment and adequacy of support systems for outpatients to prevent a crisis and/or hospitalization.
    15. Provides Crisis Intervention and/or Protective Services for:
      1. The Elderly without support services: with impaired mental status and/or victims of suspected abuse/neglect.
      2. Victims of: suspected sexual/physical/neglect/domestic violence
      3. Guardianship and/or protective services for patients with significant mental status impairment or unsafe living environment.
      4. The homeless
  1. Manages Discharge Planning through Placement Coordination and Resource Utilization
    1. Actively participates in the stages of discharge planning and ensures that the plan of care is coordinated, facilitated and effectively communicated to the Physician, healthcare team, patient/designated caregiver(s). Provide initial screening for all new patients to assure medical necessity, source of funding and likelihood of needing social work and/or discharge planning needs through facilitation of direct and continuous communication and collaborative decision making, including participation in multidisciplinary rounds and case conferences and other collaborative forums.
    2. Coordinates action plans when barriers are present to facilitate resolution.
    3. Escalates to supervisor/director when barriers are present to facilitate resolution. Proactively identifies and resolves delays and obstacles to discharge. Utilizes advanced conflict resolution skills a necessary to ensure timely resolution of issues and system problems.
    4. Coordinates discharge planning to ensure a timely discharge (placement or return to community) through early identification, assessment and intervention for post-medical center care needs, to ensure that the patient is discharged when medically ready to:
      1. Other Hospitals

 

 

  1. Rehabilitative facilities
  2. Extended care facilities
  3. Sub-Acute Care or Group Homes
  4. Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Care
  5. Return to home or other living arrangement
  6. Collaborates and communicates with multidisciplinary team in all phases of discharge planning. Ensures/maintains plan consensus from patient/designated caregivers, physician and payer as indicated.
  7. Demonstrates knowledge of community resources and an ability to connect patients and families with these resources. Acts as an advocate on behalf of the patient who requires assistance to gain access to needed information, resources or services.
  8. Facilitates review of high risk cases by Ethics, RISK and Safety and Legal to inform appropriate members of the healthcare team as to interventions needed.
  9. Provide Cross Coverage to other clinics and inpatient medical units.
  10. Address patient issues related to Advance Directives.
  11. Actively coordinates referrals and support for patients being considered for Hospice/Palliative Care.
  1. ON-CALL responsibilities (Does not apply for Extra Help):
    1. On-Call duties to provide phone consult, coordinate discharge planning, facilitate transfers, communicate regarding reporting activities, etc. to all medical center areas after normal business hours and follow up with documenting on-call activities.
    2. During disaster the on-call person would help activate phone triage list to arrange help as needed during an internal or external disaster.
  2. Projects include but not limited to Social Work related tasks:
    1. Work with child protection/abuse/neglect, domestic violence, sex trafficking, elder abuse, institutional abuse and sexual assault, Housing, Transition Care planning, Quality Improvement committees.
  3. Coverage/Training/Clinical Performance Activities may include:
    1. Provide clinical coverage / interventions as needed during staffing coverage.
    2. Plan, assign and review work of staff to ensure that group objectives are met. Hire, train, develop and manage staff to ensure that a qualified staff exists to meet group objectives.
    3. Assists in collection and reporting of financial indicators including LOS, avoidable days, resource utilization, discharge barriers, cost per case, readmission rates, denials, etc.
  1. Uses data to drive decisions and plan/implement performance improvement strategies related to case management for assigned patients/units, including financial, clinical, quality and patient satisfaction data.
  2. Collects data for discharge delays, over-utilization of resources, avoidable days and other data for specific performance and/or outcome indicators.
  3. Participates in the development, implementation, evaluation and revision of case management tools in collaboration with healthcare team.
  4. Assumes responsibility for professional development and social work CE requirements by participating in workshops, conferences and/or in-services.
  1. Based on Program needs to develop and lead Groups or educations sessions.
  2. Provide any functions that may be considered appropriate role or services as a Social Worker.
  3. Primary role of Extra Help is to facilitate Psych transfers for ED patients.
  4. Other Duties as assigned

Master’s degree from an accredited School of Social Work.A Current State of IL Licensure as a Licensed Social Worker required or Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred.

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