Social Worker Job at Gundersen Health System in Town of Friendship

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Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Job Description

Position Title: Social Worker

Last Reviewed: 12/15/2020

Salary Class: Non-Exempt

Department: Various

Position Code: 4759

Reports To: Manager of Inpatient Services

BASIC FUNCTION

Social workers will provide assessment, planning, consulting, education and referral services to Gundersen Health System patients and family members. Social Workers act as consultants and leaders in comprehensive care throughout the system, while supporting organizational strategies and goals.

Major Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with interdisciplinary team and community health professionals to sensitize and educate health care providers to the social and emotional aspects of the patient’s illness.
• Works with healthcare professionals to identify potential patients through screening, consultation, and referrals including education regarding varying levels of health care, community resources, advance directives, and legal proceedings.
• Uses case management skills to help patients and their families address and problem solve the social, financial and psychological problems related to their health condition.
• Educates patients and families regarding levels of care, community resources, advance directives, legal proceedings and roles of their health care team members.
• Helps patients and families understand the illness and treatment options, as well as consequences of various treatments or treatment refusal.
• Helps patients and families adjust to hospital admission; possible role changes; emotional/social responses to illness and treatment.
• Empowers patients and families to communicate with one another and members of the health care team and to advocate for their own needs.
• Utilizes knowledge and resources to assure appropriate treatment of identified problems and to assist with patient and family referrals.
• Uses critical and out-of-box thinking to create successful discharges.
• Provides emergency assessment and crisis intervention for the patient and family in collaboration with other healthcare professionals and community partners.
• Provides daily review and documentation of the intervention with the patient/family in the electronic medical record and other forms/screens as dictated by the accepting agency or patient specifics needs.
• Collects and documents statistical data on case type and develops reports required to be maintained by the health system; with assistance from administrative staff reports to appropriate federal and/or state regulatory agencies; presents report to colleagues, management, and leadership for identification of problem areas.
• Conducts self in accordance with NASW Ethics and Code of Conduct towards internal and external customers.
• Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.
• Personally interacts, engages with and cares for patients. Ensures patient safety. Performs other job-related responsibilities.

Scope of the Job

Age Specific Population Served:

• Pediatric (1 - 12 years)
• Adolescent (13 - 17 years)
• Adult (18 - 64 years)
• Geriatric (65 years & older)
• Infant (less than 1 year)

OSHA Category

Category I - All Employees in this job title have a reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.

Position Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or a related human service field
• Work Experience: Required No experience required.
• Desired: 1-year work experience in social services in a hospital, medical clinic, county social service agency or nursing home.
• Skills and Knowledge: Ability to or Knowledge of...
• Reasoning/Decision Making: have a broad range of interests including concerns for personal, organization and community environment; appreciate people whose values, goals, and cultures are different from your own; develop additional knowledge by attending workshops and seminars

Communication

• excellent oral and written communication skills; communicate with ease on a professional level

Leadership

• Must be flexible; must be professional, honest and have personal integrity; must be self-directed; must be decisive; must participate in and support professional organizations; appreciates people whose values, goals, and cultures are different from your own; develops additional knowledge by attending workshops and seminars; reach sound logical conclusions based on information at hand; good judgment; problem solve - evaluate, analyze, negotiate and recommend alternatives; manage conflict; legal and regulatory standards

General - All Positions

• Work cooperatively with a wide variety of people
• Must have a professional attitude in regard to motivation, cooperation, flexibility, confidentiality, ethics and personal development
• Perceives and respond sensitively to the needs of others
• Use listening skills to identify important information in oral communication
• Provide excellent customer service to people both inside and outside the organization

Computer Systems/Software/Applications

• Operate computer
• Patient record systems

Desired

• Leadership
• Legal and regulatory standards

License and Certifications

Required

• Social Worker licensed in the state(s) of practice

Physical Requirements / Demands

Sitting: Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Static Standing: Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Walking/Standing: Occasional (6-33% or 3 hours)

Reaching - Below Shoulder: Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Repetitive Actions - Fine Manipulation: Continuously (67-100% or 8 hours)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Completes initial screenings and evaluations of patients. Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments; educates patients on illness and treatment options; facilitates discharge planning and coordination of care; educate staff on psychosocial issues; promote teamwork; arrange resources to finance medications and equipment; ensure understanding of post-hospital care; reviews progress and documents intervention in the EMR; adhere to NASW ethics; review and update Social Service policies.

Environmental Conditions

Subject to inside environmental conditions. Exposed to infectious diseases.

Responsibilities in an Emergency: The Social Worker will respond to emergency situations involving the safety of other employees and the family, including possible evacuation of patients.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact the recruiter listed below:

Primary Recruiter: Julie Hutcheson
Recruiter Email Address: jahutch1@emplifyhealth.org

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