Social Worker MSW PRN

Hourly wage estimate: $30.76 - $46.17. The estimate represents the typical wage range for candidates hired in this role. Factors such as specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in the role may determine your actual salary.

About the role

The Social Worker (MSW) is responsible for non-clinical, biopsychosocial assessments and interventions for inpatient floors and the outpatient emergency department. This role performs crisis intervention, patient/family interventions, high-risk screening, focused emotional support, and referrals for financial assistance or other identified resource needs. The MSW assists in post-acute care placement on all discharges, primarily for patients with post-discharge behavioral health and patient assistance or resource needs.

The scope of this role includes intensive care units, Trauma, Oncology, NICU, Transplant, and the Emergency Department. The MSW responds to physician and non-discharge planning social work consults throughout the facility, dedicated to patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination, prioritization, and creative, compassionate problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff to proactively identify and address patient needs.
• Identify and address barriers to discharge and recovery, including financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual barriers.
• Maintain a thorough working knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and private payer regulations and processes.
• Possess a thorough understanding of managed-care concepts and length-of-stay management relating to patient and organizational fiscal responsibility.
• Perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate discharge plans for high-risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team and patients, families, or caregivers.
• Assist patients and families in making difficult decisions while honoring their preferences and values.
• Intervene with patients, families, and caregivers for psychosocial needs, assistance, and support in coping with chronic, acute, or terminal illness.
• Engage in consultation, discharge planning, education, counseling, advocacy, and information referrals to meet emotional, social, and financial aspects of care.
• Provide emotional support to patients and family members during complex or emotionally charged issues, such as end-of-life, terminal illness notifications, death notification (with physician), and crisis interventions.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW).
• 1+ years of experience OR MSW internship required.

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Rose offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. 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 HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Services span the continuum of care, including seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation.

HCA HealthONE Rose, a Magnet-designated hospital for nursing excellence, is known for its expertise in women’s care, orthopedics, total joint replacement, heart and vascular care, oncology, and weight-loss treatment. Consistently recognized as a top corporate philanthropist, HCA HealthONE contributed over $1 million in cash and in-kind donations last year, alongside over $400 million in federal, state, and local taxes. HCA Healthcare has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times and spent an estimated $3.7 billion on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses in recent years.