Social Worker, Hospital per period

Summary

The Hospital Social Worker (LSW/LMSW) provides comprehensive case management, discharge planning, and supportive counseling to patients and families navigating acute, chronic, or terminal medical conditions. Working as an integral part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, this role focuses on addressing the social determinants of health, assessing psychosocial needs, and ensuring safe, timely transitions of care.

The position provides high quality patient care. Demonstrates good patient and family assessment skills. Ensure that there is a community knowledge of Mille Lacs Health System. Participates in contact with all current and new referral sources.

The essential functions of this job are identified with an asterisk (*) at the end of the bullet point.

• Makes contacts with referral sources such as nursing homes, assisted living, physician offices and other organizations serving the community.*
• Participates in attendance at networking groups regularly to ensure MLHS is an integral part of the community services.*
• Follows up on calls to the unit inquiring regarding services.*
• In conjunction with select team members, makes individual appointments with referents to ensure information is up to date, questions are answered, etc.
  * Keep In conjunction with select team members, maintains up to date referral source files, seeks new referral sources.*

• Works individually and as a member of a team.*
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, and negotiations skills.*
• Communicates with physicians in person, phone, Telemedicine techniques.*
• Prioritizes assignments and meets deadlines.*
• Completes intakes on potential patients, may coordinate admission process as needed.
• Along with director, researches and develops referral communication.
• Communicates with Program Director, including scheduled marketing/community relations meetings.*
• In conjunction with select team members, interacts with hospital marketing department in order to promote unit within hospital marketing activities, for direction and approval of media products.*
• Communicates with family members for the purpose of continuity of care.*

• Presents in-services as scheduled/requested to professional and community organizations.
• Provides unit tours, participates in health fairs and other community events as approved.*
• Assists Program Director with advertising, marketing and CEU's available.

• Engages in timely, efficient discharge planning.*
• Works in close conjunction with patient, family, nursing staff and attending physician.*
• Shows knowledge of referral/placement process and available community resources.*

• Completes social evaluations on assigned patients as per policy.*
• Interviews, diagnostic and report writing skills.

• Completes comprehensive progress notes in a timely manner.*
• Ensures notes are completed within 24 hours.*

• Functions cooperatively as a member of the treatment team.*
• Communicates effectively with families and agencies, conveying a positive professional image.*
• Brings to Program Director's attention significant issues related to program functioning.*
• Utilizes feedback regarding performance and use supervision to improve performance.
• Responds to behavioral emergencies utilizing MOAB techniques.*
• Assists with Milieu Management.*
• Acts as back up for ADLS.
• Attends staff meetings, trainings, and other events as negotiated with Director.
• Coordinates periodic social work communication/networking/quality sessions with other MLHS staff engaged in discharge planning and social work duties.*

Collaborate and assist other departments as needed.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employee will comply with all Mille Lacs Health System (MLHS) policies, including safety policies, procedures, and rules. All will be expected to report unsafe conditions to a member of management.

• Bachelor's degree in Social Service field required.
• .Must be a licensed Social Worker in the State of Minnesota.
• Clinical skills, ability to work productively and effectively, ability to function well as a member of a multidisciplinary team, and ability to represent the program well in…