Social Worker BSW

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

About the role

The Social Worker (BSW) is responsible for promoting patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and providing community service coordination for identified patient populations. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, the BSW acts as a liaison between the patient and community resources/post-acute care providers. The BSW creates and facilitates the timely implementation of discharge plans and arranges post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. The BSW facilitates patient movement across the continuum of care. The scope of this role includes primarily Med/Surg units.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff members to proactively identify and address patient needs.
• Identify and address barriers to discharge and recovery, including financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual.
• Perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate discharge plans for high-risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.
• Obtain input from the RN case manager to ensure the discharge plan is appropriate and aligns with the patient care plan.
• Reassess and modify the patient discharge plan as needed, in conjunction with the clinical team.
• Participate in the interdisciplinary care planning process and perform proactive discharge planning.
• Provide education to patients and caregivers regarding community resources and post-acute level of care criteria, benefits, and coverage.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team and patients/families/caregivers.
• Assist patients and families in making difficult decisions while honoring their preferences and values.

Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker (LBSW).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the organization

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is a 415+ bed acute care hospital that has been serving the north Houston communities for more than 40 years. We provide a wide range of medical services including cardiology, maternity care, Level III NICU, pediatrics, bariatrics, and neurology. We comprehensively serve our community by employing expert physicians, specialists, nurses, and support staff who work together as a unified team to offer a range of diagnostic, treatment, and support services.

• 24-hour emergency department with Level II Trauma capabilities.
• Women’s services and cardiology.

We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of HCA Healthcare, the leading provider of healthcare in the country. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.