Social Worker, Healthcare Nursing

## Social Worker Apply:
On-Site:
Las Vegas, NV:
Part time:
Posted Today:
JR102353
** Company Overview
** Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.  

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please  to learn more about our locations.  
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** Job Description
** The Social Worker position requires understanding of common ethical and legal issues in social work practice in health care settings including: biopsychosocial–spiritual assessment; use of the strengths perspective; client and family engagement in all aspects of social work intervention; case management/care management/care coordination/health care navigation; discharge and transition planning; client concordance with and adherence to the plan of care;
Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, including pain and symptom management, Hospice and end-of-life care; identification of child abuse, trauma, neglect, and exploitation; crisis intervention, facilitation of benefits and resource acquisition to assist clients and families, including an understanding of related policies, eligibility requirements, and financial and legal issues; advocacy with other members of the interdisciplinary team and within the health care institution to promote clients’ and families’ decision making and quality of life;

client, family, interdisciplinary, and community education; family systems issues, including the impact of health care concerns, illness, and disease on family relationships; life cycles, and caregiving roles and support needs.
** Key Responsibilities**:###
* Accountability for the achievement of optimal outcomes within the standards of practice. This is accomplished by recognizing and demonstrating shared accountability, both at the individual and the team levels. Follows through on commitments. Contributes to decision-making and decision support as a member of the interdisciplinary team by ensuring timely sequencing of care and services throughout patient encounters. Documents assessments, interventions, plans and evaluations in accordance with regulatory agency requirements and SHC policy.

* Resource Management assures prudent utilization of all resources (fiscal, human, environmental, equipment and services) by evaluation of the resources available to the patient and balancing cost and quality to ensure the optimal clinical and financial outcomes. Ensures coordination of care with other Shriners Hospitals for Children locations to best meet the patient’s needs as well as financial and clinical resources of SHC.

Evaluates cost of care with the benefits of patient safety, clinical quality, risk and patient satisfaction to provide recommendations and decisions that ensure optimal outcomes. Educates patient, family, caregivers, and health care team on the economic impact of their care options. Identifies and addresses avoidable delay practice patterns that may require modification to support cost-effective care. Identifies and implements strategies for avoiding and/or managing unnecessary costs that…