Social Worker (LMSW) Emergency Room

About the role

This position will focus on comprehensive emergency room initial assessments and multi-visit patients. At Houston Methodist, the Social Worker II (SW II) position comprehensively provides compassionate, clinical social work, psychosocial assessments, diagnosis and treatments, and complex discharge planning to patients and their families of a targeted patient population on a designated unit(s).

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physicians and the interprofessional health care team to sensitively address the social and emotional aspects of a patient's illness.
• Uses case management skills to help patients and their families address and resolve social, financial, and psychological problems related to their health condition.
• Serves as a hospital-wide, service-line leader for psychosocial related issues, complex discharge planning activities, and population disease management.
• Provides staff education specific to patient populations and departmental processes.
• Functions as a preceptor and mentor to new employees.
• Identifies opportunities for professional growth of self and peers.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from an accredited university
• Three (3) years social services experience in a healthcare setting
• Licensed Medical Social Worker (LMSW) - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV and Magnet
• ANCC-recognized Case Management certification

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Effective communication in an active, positive, and effective manner to all health care team members
• Uses therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with patients and families and communicates the discharge plan, facilitating transitions and hand-offs
• Supports patients and families in clinical or ethical issues
• Maintains individual competencies around critical Social Work functions including; payor rules and regulations, psycho-social assessments and discharge planning methods
• Knowledge of community resources and health care financial and payer issues, and eligibility for state, local and federal programs
• Well versed in computer skills of the entire Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word)
• Critical thinking, collaboration, negotiation, and mediation skills
• Time management and prioritization skills
• Adherence to the clinical practice standards set forth by NASW practice standards for healthcare settings and more specifically in hospitals and medical centers

Benefits

Fully benefits package including health, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and more.

Pay

$50,000 - $60,000 annually

Schedule

Varies based on department needs, typically 8-hour shifts with flexibility.