Social Worker-MSW-Clinic-Ambulatory Patient Advance Access

Social Worker-MSW-Clinic-Ambulatory Patient Advance Access

Category

Specialist Clinical Non Clinical

Schedule

Part Time

Job Number

R0274214

Shift

Day

Location

Hours

8 Hour Shift*

Department

Ambulatory Patient Advance Access

Salary Range

$37.19-$56.49 / hour

* For 10 hour and 12 hour shifts this is the average hourly rate which includes overtime when a non-exempt employee works over 8 hours.

Located in the heart of the Coachella Valley, you have access to resort-style living and world-class amenities throughout Southern California.

Preferred:
Social work experience in healthcare setting

Delivers behavioral and healthcare management services to a variety of patient populations across the lifespan; coordinates the complex needs of patients and their families as well as psychosocial assessment for patients with complex psychiatric, social, medical and financial needs.

• Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
• Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments to understand patient’s life story, needs, goals and preferences, including understanding cultural and linguistic factors, in the areas of behavioral health, substance use, abuse/neglect, financial, medical and other needs.
• Facilitates behavioral change necessary for meeting diagnosis and treatment goals, including promoting patient motivation to participate in care and reach treatment goals.
• Facilitates and provides tailored social and emotional support for the patient related to coping with problem(s) being addressed; may be required to counsel with patients/loved ones regarding end-of-life issues.
• Helps the patient contextualize health education provided by the patient’s treatment team and educates the patient and/or caregiver on how to best participate in medical decision-making.
• Performs periodic administration of SDOH survey tools and monitoring of related SDOH, if applicable.
• Conducts screenings to evaluate the needs of patients for behavioral health and support services.
• Provides SDOH management services for behavioral health conditions, including psycho educational counseling and crisis intervention as necessary.
• Sets personalized goals and creates action plans and conducts follow-up/on-going interventions as appropriate.
• Builds patient self-advocacy skills in ways that are more likely to promote personalized and effective treatment of their problem(s) identified.
• Coordinates with clinical, health education, community health and other team members in the provision of services to patients and care transitions.
• Helps the patient arrange access to medical care, including securing medical or community-based appointments, identifying appropriate providers for care needs, identifying appropriate community-based resources for SDOH related to problem(s) identified during the initiating visit, and for accessing all clinical care services necessary.
• Performs coordination of receipt of needed services from practitioners, providers and facilities, home and community based services, and caregiver if applicable.
• Conducts coordination of care transitions between and among health care practitioners and settings, including referrals to other clinicians.
• Conducts communication to and from practitioners, home and community-based services regarding the patient’s psychosocial needs, functional deficits, goals, and preferences.
• Serves as a resource to interdisciplinary team concerning social issues.
• Serves as a field instructor for social work students as well as a mentor to social work team, if applicable.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to promote continuous process improvement, which results in efficiency, cost effectiveness, and the highest level of clinical excellence.
• Calls in and writes APS, CPS and suspicious injury reports in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team when warranted.
• Documentation will follow documentation standards and will demonstrate intervention that supports services provided; documents using facts only without attitude, judgment or opinions; includes all telephone calls made with person’s name and phone number.
• Assi…