IMH Social Service Worker

About the role

This is an on-site role at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, IL, focusing on the Inpatient Rehab department.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and document an initial patient/family assessment on every inpatient to determine psycho-social needs, barriers to success in program and discharge plans within time frame established by department.
• Actively participate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team Conference, leading discussions on patient plan of care, including barriers, discharge planning and impact of insurance.
• Document care coordinator section and team conference discussion in team conference note and ensure it is completed in EMR.
• Initiate and maintain consistent communication with patient and designated contact, starting at admission through discharge.
• Communicate with patient/family required at a minimum at admission, following initial and subsequent team conference and for family instruction.
• Promptly communicate any changes in plan of care or discharge destination and any relevant information related to payor/insurance. All communication with patient/designated contact to be documented in EMR.
• Proactively communicate with interdisciplinary team including, but not limited to, physicians, nursing, therapy, admitting, and ancillary departments regarding plan of care, changes in patient condition or treatment, barriers/delays to discharge, insurance.
• Must be proficient in communicating verbally, in person or via telephone or in writing, including using email communications.
• Aid patient in obtaining resources from community, social, health and welfare agencies to meet the rehabilitative and discharge needs of the patient. Document all resource information and discharge plans in EMR.
• Obtain necessary referrals/authorizations for ongoing rehabilitation stay and discharge resources. Document all authorization information in EMR.
• Schedule, lead and document family instruction sessions.
• Identify and resolve interpersonal conflicts constructively when dealing with patients, families, members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Attendance at all mandatory departmental and hospital in-services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a human service field including Sociology, Rehabilitation Counseling, or Psychology
• Minimum of one year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals

Qualifications

• Current Clinical Social Worker Licensure State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation