Social Worker, Community Health

Department: 34601 Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center - Nursing:
Admission Discharge Transition Unit

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 36

Schedule Details/Additional Information: Monday - Friday 8AM until 5PM

Pay Range: $26.55 - $39.85

The Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, intervention and/or treatment and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis and/or life situation. He/she meets the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization.

• Carries out discharge planning for patients aging from neonate through geriatric.
• Assesses assigned patients to determine discharge planning needs.
• Discusses needs with patient/family and formulates discharge plan.
• Implements discharge plan.
• Follows up with patients/families on effectiveness of plan.
• Maintains appropriate and timely documentation in patient medical records.
• Documents in patient records every other day of progress of plan.
• Signs interdisciplinary discharge planning form.
• Provides social services throughout the Medical Center.
• Provides patient/family counseling.
• Arranges for patient home medications if needed.
• Makes referrals to local, state and federal agencies.
• Makes referrals to DFCS Adult or Child Protective Services.
• Provides patients/families with resource information.
• Makes Reach to Recovery referrals.
• Provides information on Advanced Directives.
• Sees patients in ECC or Outpatient Center and assists as needed.
• Assists patients in obtaining transportation to medical appointments.
• Follows patients admitted from nursing home.
• Provides statistical reports as needed.

• Graduate of BSW accredited program or Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology or Human Services from an accredited institute

• Master's in Social Work

• None

• CPR certification

• At least two years in human services or related field
• Knowledge of community agencies and resources

• None

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois;
Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.