Pool Social Work Case Manager, Cornell Institute, Bethesda East, Per Diem, 08:30A-5P

Responsibilities

• Intervenes with patients/families for psychosocial needs, assistance, support in coping with chronic, acute, terminal illness.
• Serves as a liaison between patients and community resources.
• Provides crisis intervention to patients/families with psychosocial needs and coordinates, facilitates development of a discharge plan of care.
• Provides patient/family services via case finding referrals from physicians and healthcare team members.
• Serves as an expert, identifies patient and family psycho-social and environmental needs related to admission, diagnosis, treatment and discharge.
• Works collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team in developing and implementing a comprehensive discharge plan.
• Makes appropriate referrals for community services.
• May provide inpatient emotional support and counseling, crisis intervention, and bereavement services.
• Assesses and intervenes in situations involving child or elder abuse/neglect, domestic violence.
• Care and services to all patient groups: neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, and adults.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work with prior experience in a hospital or related health care setting, Emergency Department experience preferred.
• Demonstrate ability to solve problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical, data management and computer skills.
• Current working knowledge of discharge planning, crisis intervention, complex case management and performance improvement preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of community services available for insured and non-insured patients.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, as evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple high-risk, complex patients.
• Ability to work with multiple members of a care team and maintain positive working relationships.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work with prior experience in a hospital or related health care setting, Emergency Department experience preferred.
• Less than 1 year of social work experience in hospital or related health care setting.

Benefits

At Baptist Health, we’re committed to supporting our employees at every stage of their journey, both personally and professionally. Our approach is rooted in a “grow our own” philosophy, designed to help our team members build meaningful, long-term careers with us, supported by benefits that make a real difference, including:

• Career growth and development opportunities, with clear pathways and ongoing support.
• Comprehensive health and wellness resources that go beyond traditional benefits.
• A wellness program that can help employees eliminate their medical plan deductible, reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
• Tuition reimbursement to support continued learning and advancement.
• And so much more.

Together, these benefits and others reflect our commitment to caring for our people, so they can build fulfilling careers with us while making a meaningful impact every day.