Social Worker, LCSW

Job Description - Social Worker, LCSW (MIL
005304)

Job Description

Social Worker, LCSW - ( MIL
005304 )

Description

Title:
Social Worker, LCSW

Location:
Long Beach

Department:
Social Work Services

Status:
Full-time

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $ 98,924.80- $/annually

Memorial Care is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to Memorial Care's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability.

Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is responsible for providing interventions to remove psychosocial barriers preventing safe and timely transition through the continuum of care. Skillfully advocates in empowering patients to maintain a level of control over their treatment and for self-determination. The professional licensure allows this individual to provide clinical and casework supervision for staff in accordance with the needs of the department.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Independently manages a specific caseload of patients as identified by the Social Work Service Department. Evaluates and assesses to determine those social, emotional, financial and cultural factors of the patient’s life situation that may contribute to the total diagnosis and treatment plan for the patient. Demonstrates a comprehensive and systematic approach in providing a variety of therapeutic and intervention modalities to remove psychosocial barriers that prevent a safe and timely transition through the continuum of care.
• Provides leadership and healthcare team coordination to address protective service issues, life care decisions, and advance directives. Actively manages a treatment plan to address complex psychosocial issues of high-risk patients. Provides crisis intervention services to patients and families and the health care team.
• Collaborates with the case manager and the healthcare team to provide education, resources, and referrals to patients, families and caretaker. Ensures that psychosocial and socioeconomic needs are addressed in the treatment or discharge plan. Facilitates coordination among health care professionals, services, and settings involved in the patient’s care, with a focus on enhancing patient satisfaction through ensuring that the rights of the patient and family are respected and maintained throughout the continuum of care.
• Maintains professionalism and provides ongoing education to the healthcare team regarding the social workers role and psychosocial issues as it relates to patient care.
• Supervises assigned staff and provides weekly supervision to Social Worker, MSW’s, Social Work Interns and volunteers. Participates in the development of efficient and effective practice standards and makes recommendations to the department for superior delivery of service.
• Educates, facilitates and coordinates with the patient, families, caretakers, and community agencies to ensure that resources available to the patient are in place to prevent readmission to the hospital; ensuring effective and efficient utilization of private, public, and philanthropic funds.
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