Social Worker | Hospital | BSW or MSW

Avera St Mary's Hospital

About the role

Accountable for providing medical social casework to a wide array of patients ranging from newborns to geriatrics. The main focus of the Social Worker is to assist in meeting the psychosocial/continuum of care needs of the patient and family to ensure optimum functioning. In addition to direct care services, the Social Worker shall have duties of consultation, education, policy and program planning, performance improvement tasks, advocacy and liaison with the community.

Responsibilities

• Interviews patient and family members to obtain information about home environment, family systems, health history, and the patient’s personality traits.
• Evaluates data gathered in terms of the medical plan of treatment, available social service programs, financial counseling, and plan a pertinent therapy program that will provide maximum benefits and safety for each patient.
• Aids patients and families to understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations with emphasis on assisting patients to be compliant with clinical care plan.
• Performs a variety of services such as advising on social problems, arranging for transportation to clinic appointments and treatments as appropriate, arranging for durable medical equipment as appropriate, and alleviation of patient/family anxieties and fears.
• Utilizes resources to assist patient to resume life in the community while learning to live with a chronic illness.
• Prepares and updates records for each patient; prepare required documentation of each case; maintain records and reports as required.
• Serves as the social work representative on multi-disciplinary team approach to patient care.
• Works collaboratively with clinical coordinators, physicians, and other members of the care team in providing coordinated services, which facilitates continuity of care for the patient.
• Provides education to families regarding advance directives and assists patients and families with questions regarding advance directives for healthcare.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Social Work
• BSW - May be eligible for a $5,000 sign on bonus!
• MSW - May be eligible for a $7,500 sign on bonus!
• May be eligible for a relocation bonus!!

Skills

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's in Social Work
• BSW - May be eligible for a $5,000 sign on bonus!
• MSW - May be eligible for a $7,500 sign on bonus!
• May be eligible for a relocation bonus!!

Benefits

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.