University of Southern California

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Medical Social Worker - Acute Rehab Unit

Case Management & AdvocacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeArcadia, CA, USA$30.70 - $40.29 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A master's degree from an accredited school of social work.
Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
For positions in the Neonatal area, prior experience and/or specialized training is preferred.
Interpersonal communication and negotiation skills for interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
Analytical and personal computer skills.
Prior experience or supervised fieldwork in a hospital or another setting providing experience substantially related to hospital social work.
Interview, assessment, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Must successfully complete and maintain Basic Life Support certification.
Must successfully complete and maintain Management of Assaultive Behavior certification within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Advocate for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions and access needed services within the health care system.
Attend discharge planning meetings when appropriate and assist patients and families in understanding and coping with the psychosocial aspects of illness.
Communicate with other medical personnel regarding patients’ psychosocial status, needs, and progress.
Document psychosocial assessments and interventions in the medical chart, including discharge plan information.
Incorporate Performance Improvement findings into clinical practice as indicated through review.
Intervene with patients and families regarding the emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; access and mobilize family and community resources to meet identified needs.
Assess patients’ and families’ psychosocial risk factors based on preliminary risk screening, including prior functioning, adequacy of support systems, reactions to illness, and ability to cope.
On designated units, including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, coordinate discharge plans with patients, families, and hospital staff and perform related discharge planning activities.
Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team.
Participate in discharge planning for complex patients to support timely discharge and appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers.
Conduct psychosocial assessment interviews with patients and/or families and document findings according to department policy and standards, identifying issues specific to patient age, diagnosis, and disability.
Provide counseling and intervention to patients and/or families based on psychosocial assessments.
Provide information about community resources and make referrals as indicated to meet follow-up care needs related to patient age, diagnosis, and disability; document the agency name, telephone number, and, when indicated, contact person in the medical record.
Provide intervention in cases involving child abuse or neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse, institutional abuse, and sexual assault.
Provide intervention involving child abuse or neglect, domestic violence, guardianship, foster care, adoption, mental health placement, advance directives, adult or elder abuse, child protection, and sexual assault.
Recognize psychosocial issues from a developmental perspective, developmental tasks, cultural norms and boundaries, and spiritual beliefs.
Serve as a resource person and provide counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues.
Intervene with patients who have complex psychosocial needs and assist with eligibility determination for social programs, funding sources, and community assistance from special funds and agencies.
Provide crisis intervention to patients and families with psychosocial needs and coordinate and facilitate discharge plans of care for high-risk patient populations.
Receive referrals for individuals from at-risk populations from interdisciplinary team members, including physicians, case coordinators, staff nurses, and other care team members.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

· Advocates for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions and access needed services within the health care system.

· Attendance at discharge planning meetings when appropriate. Assists the patient and family in understanding and coping with the psychosocial aspects of illness.

· Communicates with other medical personnel regarding the patient’s psychosocial status, needs and progress.

· Document psychosocial assessment and interventions in the medical chart, including information regarding the discharge plan.

· Incorporates Performance Improvement findings into clinical practice as indicated through review.

· 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.

· On the basis of preliminary risk screening, assesses patients and family’s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope.

· On units designated which includes NICU, coordinates the discharge plan with the patient, family and hospital staff and performs related discharge planning activities.

· Participates as an active member of the multidisciplinary team.

· Participates in discharge planning activities for complex patients, in order to ensure a timely discharge and to provide appropriate linkage with post discharge care providers.

· Performs a psychosocial assessment interview with the patient and/or family and documents this information according to department policy and standards. Within the assessment is the demonstration of the ability to identify issues that are specific to age, diagnosis and disability of the patient population served including:

· Provides counseling and intervention to the patient and/or family based on psychosocial assessment.

· Provides information community resources, and as indicated, makes referrals to community resources, to best meet the needs of the patient for follow-up care as regards the patient’s age, diagnosis, and disability. All referrals are to be documented in the medical record with the name of the agency, telephone number and when indicated, the name of the contact person.

· Provides intervention in cases involving child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, elderly abuse, institutional abuse, and sexual assault.

· Provides intervention in child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, guardianship.

· (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, mental health placement, advance directives, adult/elder abuse, child protection, and sexual assault.

· Recognition of the psychosocial issued from a developmental perspective; developmental tasks; recognition of cultural norms and boundaries; knowledge of spiritual beliefs.

· Services as a resource person and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues.

Job requirements:

Education

Minimum (Required)

Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work

Preferred (Not required)

Work Experience

Minimum (Required)

Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded, and adaptable to change.
For positions in the Neonatal area, prior experience and/or specialized training are preferred.
Possesses excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
Possesses strong analytical and PC skills.
Prior experience or supervised fieldwork in a hospital or other setting providing experience substantially related to hospital social work.
Strong interview, assessment, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred (Not required)

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Licenses and Certifications

Minimum (Required)

Must successfully complete and maintain BLS certification.
Must successfully complete and maintain MAB certification within 6 months of hire.

Pay Transparency

The hourly rate range for this position is $30.70 - $40.29. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Social Worker intervenes with patients who have complex psychosocial needs, requires assistance with eligibility determination for social programs and funding sources, and qualifies for community assistance from a variety of special funds and agencies. In addition, offers 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, case coordinators, staff nurses, and other members of the care team).

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at [email protected]. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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