Shriners Hospitals for Children is hiring: Social Worker in Portland

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403(b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Job Overview

Shriners Portland is looking for a Full Time Social Worker to join our team! The Social Worker position requires understanding of common ethical and legal issues in social work practice in health care settings including: bio-psychosocial-spiritual assessment; use of the strengths perspective; client and family engagement in all aspects of social work intervention; case management/care coordination/health care navigation; discharge and transition planning; client concordance with and adherence to the plan of care; Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, including pain and symptom management, Hospice and end-of-life care; identification of child abuse, trauma, neglect, and exploitation; crisis intervention; facilitation of benefits and resource acquisition to assist clients and families; advocacy with other members of the interdisciplinary team and within the health care institution to promote clients and families decision making and quality of life; client, family, interdisciplinary, and community education; family systems issues, including the impact of health care concerns, illness, and disease on family relationships; life cycles, and caregiving roles and support needs.

Schedule: Full-time (in-person)

Holidays: 9 observed holidays per year

Compensation range: The hired applicant's placement within the range is based on qualifications, professional experience and education.

Responsibilities

• Documents assessments, interventions, plans and evaluations in accordance with regulatory agency requirements and SHC policy.
• Assures prudent utilization of all resources (fiscal, human, environmental, equipment and services) by evaluation of the resources available to the patient and balancing cost and quality to ensure the optimal clinical and financial outcomes.
• Coordinates the plan of care to achieve desired outcomes and integrates the work of the health care team by coordinating resources and services necessary to accomplish agreed upon goals.
• Advocates by supporting or recommending services for the protection of the patient's health, safety and rights.
• Arranges services among community agencies, physicians, patients, family, caregivers, and others involved in the plan of care.

Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor in related field, required
• Master's Social Work, required

Experience

• 3 years Social Work, preferred
• Experience conducting and documenting psychosocial assessments and interventions to meet physical, functional, social, emotional, educational needs of the patient/caregivers, required
• Experience in a health-care setting with community and national resource navigation and coordination, payment methodologies, mitigating psychosocial barriers to patient/family adherence, in a Pediatric setting is preferred.

Certification and Licensures

• SW license in state of practice, required
• Care Management Certification (CMC, ACM, or ANCC) required