Psychiatric Social Worker - Behavioral Health

Position: Psychiatric Social Worker - Behavioral Health - Full Time, Days
Job Description

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center-an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility-as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries.

The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Psychiatric Social Worker - Behavioral Health - Full Time, Days - Behavioral Health Srvcs - Full-Tim.

In this role, the successful candidate The Social Worker is responsible for providing high quality patient care, displaying good skills in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, group treatment, individual treatment, family treatment, and discharge planning of patients presenting with psychiatric and/or co-occurring Substance Use Disorders. Is an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. Conducts insurance authorizations and reviews and communicates results with Team members.

Functions as a Clinical resource for the Department and other Hospital Departments. Adheres to all NYS Office of Mental Health regulations

Job Responsibilities:

Provision of Patient Care:

• Consistently ensures patient dignity and respects patient values and operates within ethical standards.
• Demonstrates ability to assess and reassess the needs of the patient as per regulatory guidelines.
• Accurately assesses the needs of assigned patients within the parameters of length of stay and discharge criteria.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate needs of patients with treatment team.
• Completes psychosocial evaluations on assigned patients in a timely fashion and displays good interviewing, diagnostic, and report-writing skills, as needed.
• Conducts therapies in accordance with patient diagnosis and needs.
• Provides efficient discharge planning throughout treatment process.
• Conducts individual, family, and group psychotherapy sessions, displaying good theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and good treatment technique and provides ongoing education to patient and family as needed.
• Engages in timely, efficient discharge planning within 24 hours of admission. Works in close conjunction with patient, family, nursing staff, and attending physician. Shows good knowledge of referral/placement process and available community resources.
• Conducts educational group sessions, displaying good theoretical knowledge of subject matter and effective communication skills in presenting material.
• Communicates effectively with families and agencies, conveying a positive, professional image.

Meets Expected Documentation Requirements:

• Ensures confidentiality of all patient information encountered by obtaining required consents for release of information.
• Completes progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge plans in a timely and high-quality fashion and according to department standards.
• Adequately documents all patient encounters in chart on a consistent basis and takes responsibility for chart organization for easy access to information.
• Completes individualized treatment plan within time parameters for each patient
• Conducts and documents ongoing insurance certifications as indicated.
• Appropriate consents and releases of information collected from patients.
• Makes Adequate Contribution to Overall functioning of the Department
• Actively involved in measuring patient performance and communicates results and trends to supervisor.
• Actively participates as an interdisciplinary team member on behalf of the patient.
• Provides feedback to supervisor on ongoing basis in regard to concerns, improvements, changes, etc.
• Identifies areas needing improvement and utilizes the facility performance improvement process. Actively participates in department processes as required.
• Utilizes feedback regarding performance and uses supervision from Clinical Director, Management Team, to improve performance.
• Exhibits willingness to master new skills and accepts change as necessary within the department.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities as needed to continually improve their department's performance.
• Regularly acts as a resource for information on Behavioral Health for other departments, customer, and other agencies as necessary for patient care and community…