Social Worker - Per Diem - Samaritan Hospital

About the Role

This is a Per Diem position as a Medical Social Worker in a fast-paced hospital setting at Samaritan Hospital, an affiliate of St. Peter's Health Partners.

Position Highlights

• Recognized leader: Magnet Hospital in the Capital Region
• Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
• Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development

What You Will Do

The Licensed Master Social Worker provides advance clinical social work services as a member of an inter-disciplinary team engaging with patients and family members in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment and/or life situations including emotional, mental and substance abuse disorders. In this role, our social workers provide thorough assessments, care planning, case management, and community resource coordination with patients and their families. Work involves the use of motivational interviewing, assessment, and multi-modality psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at positively affecting the physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning of patients and their families. Work involves use of high-level critical and creative problem solving and advance communication skills while performing under mainly autonomous conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized skills and therapeutic education for patients and support system
• Identify barriers which impact optimal patient functioning
• Ensure patients receive appropriate resources in most appropriate setting
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary care team and takes the lead on managing complex cases, providing education, mentoring, modeling, and resources as needed
• Acts as patient advocate, promotes autonomy and champions patient's right to self-determination, incorporating patient's wishes regarding care and voices patient interest to the hospital
• In collaboration with the patient and interdisciplinary team, develops, implements, evaluates and revises, as necessary, a plan for hospital and post-hospitalization care, including referrals to other disciplines (psychiatry, addiction medicine, etc.) healthcare and community organizations based on needs assessment
• Identifies areas for dynamic intervention
• Utilizes brief multi-modality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with the treatment plan
• Participates constructively in Patient Rounds, Unit Care Conferences, Complex Care Committee, and other patient centered teams as necessary
• Serves as advanced clinical consultant and educator to Patient focused Care Teams
• Attends and documents participation in inter-disciplinary teams, including self-directed work teams, hospital and departmental staff meetings, patient care meetings, and Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities
• Actively participates in Hospital, Organizational, and community-based initiatives related to enhancing patient care

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work is required
• NYS LMSW or LCSW licensure is required
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in Medical, Psychiatric, or Health Care setting is preferred

Pay

$30.00 - $43.08 per hour, based on experience, skills, and education.