Social Worker MSW

Job Title

Social Worker MSW

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark, NJ

Women's Center

$38.17 - $47.70 per year

Provides direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in an interdisciplinary team approach. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: completing initial psycho-social assessments on assigned patients, providing psychotherapeutic counseling with individuals, family or groups as needed, giving clinical consultations as needed, providing patient-centered advocacy, collaborating with interdisciplinary team, managing complex discharge plans, building and maintaining relationships with internal and external resources, making referrals to community agencies and entitlement programs, and continuing ongoing education.

Ensures continuity of care for patients with complex post-acute needs and maximizes the patients’ and families’ abilities to meet continuing needs within their social and financial framework. Understands all stages of growth and development to assess each patient’s age-specific needs and provide individual treatment and care. Is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments and medical errors.

• Accurately documents in MIDAS+ ongoing social work services and reassessment reflecting patient’s level of functioning, identification of support networks, development of problems or needs, and discharge planning.
• Assists with initial assessment on bio‑ethics case consultation and ongoing end-of-life intervention as necessary.
• Attends educational activities to keep current with social work practice and maintain required state licensure or certification.
• Consults on a regular basis with the interdisciplinary team concerning social work intervention and attends interdisciplinary team rounds to provide feedback on social work issues and activities to help ensure a safe and timely discharge.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of crisis intervention theory and effectively assists patient/family in defining the crisis situation and establishing a sense of temporary equilibrium.
• Possesses a working knowledge of medical terminology, acute and chronic illnesses and related processes, and understands the impact on the patients’ bio‑psychosocial systems, length of stay, and individual care.
• Develops an appropriate social work intervention plan that addresses the patient’s age-specific needs based on the theoretical knowledge of human behavior.
• Performs roles as a patient-centered advocate, change agent, facilitator, mediator, and problem solver depending on patient/family needs.
• Identifies and collaborates with legal staff, Director of Case Management, and Risk Management on issues of incompetence, guardianship, abuse, neglect, and guarantor decisions.
• Identifies potential barriers to discharge and collaborates with supervisor and interdisciplinary team members to resolve them in a timely manner.
• Conducts interviews with patients, family members, and significant others to obtain relevant information for psychosocial assessment and social work treatment plan.
• Maintains current knowledge of National Patient Safety Goals and supports a culture of safety, providing a secondary role in ensuring core quality indicators are met.
• Participates in patient conferences, educational conferences, hospital and community committees or task forces, and performance improvement teams as assigned.
• Provides psychotherapeutic counseling to individuals, family, and groups as needed to enhance coping skills with the patient’s/family’s reaction to chronic illness or injury, post-hospital care needs, end-of-life issues, and lifestyle changes.

• Graduation from an accredited graduate school of social work with an MSW (master’s in social work) degree.
• State licensure required by the NJ State Board of Social Work Examiners (Licensed Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker depending on experience and coursework); LSW may render clinical services under direct supervision of an LCSW.
• Three or more years of experience in a hospital setting preferred.
• Successful completion of all…