Social Worker LCSW - Med/Surg - Los Angeles, CA

About the role

The Clinical Social Worker LCSW provides a full range of social work services in collaboration with other CSMC staff to meet the psychosocial and discharge planning needs of patients/families/significant others. Active participation in Department's continuing education/staff development programs. Involved in program planning in assigned service areas along with the organization of social work activities.

Key responsibilities

• Provides clinical social work services to patients and their families with psychosocial needs
• To assure patients receive benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care and post-hospital planning
• To be available to non-licensed staff as a clinical resource/mentor to assist with complex cases
• Responsible for the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of all social service-related interventions for corresponding Departments
• Responsible for identifying patients who have psycho/social needs on an inpatient or outpatient basis and for developing patient care goals and treatment plans as agreed upon by the patient's care team
• Available to physicians and nurse case managers as a consultant for those patients with complex psychosocial needs and advance care planning
• Responsible for Psychosocial evaluations -- identification of problems affecting optimal patient care and the development of a treatment plan
• Responsible for crisis intervention and individual and family counseling
• Interdisciplinary discussion of psychosocial implications of illness including consultation regarding treatments and resources designed to solve the problems of the patients
• Evaluates and implements social service programs for patients with psycho/social issues focusing on seniors, catastrophic and chronically ill patients
• Performs triage for patients within corresponding team(s) and assists in coordinating patient care delivery, including DPA/POSLT and documents pertinent information in the case management system
• Implements transitions of care between inpatient and continued outpatient follow up and vice versa
• Initiates and/or participates in team care conference to include patient, family and care providers
• Evaluates daily caseload and assess achievement of long and short term goals; Modifies goals with providers and care team based upon patient outcomes
• Compiles and presents statistics and reports relating to patient outcomes and document findings in the patients EMR
• Follows up on communication to the referral source, IE, PCP, family member, case manager, home health personnel, community social worker, Health Plan, etc.
• Acts as the social services liaison for the department, particularly in the areas of: Advance Care Planning discussions, Complex discharge planning, Biopsychosocial assessments
• Refers patients to agencies that provides supportive services optimizing patients health plan benefits
• Provides alternatives for patients requiring specific services
• Assists in arranging community resources (i.e. meals on wheels, transportation services, adult day care, and info-line) and in the long term planning for patients transitioning to institutional setting
• Participates in advance care planning initiatives

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited college
• 3 years' experience in an acute care hospital setting
• 2 years clinical social work experience including palliative or hospice care, and discharge planning, with experience in project management/process improvement is preferred
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - California license is required

Pay

• Minimum Salary: 102148.80
• Maximum Salary: 163446.4