SOCIAL WORKER - PRN

About the role

Are you looking for a career as a Social Worker? Join our team at Christian Hospital to make a direct impact on patient care and operations. This position requires utilization management duties and the social worker on staff must conduct (facilitate carerounds Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, placing it in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state. The hospital is nationally ranked as “high performing” in geriatrics and in seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia, and stroke. Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian Hospital, offers 24‑hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center, and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services. The Case Management Department provides services through a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's needs. The department serves all acute care inpatients with identified needs, emergency department patients with identified needs, and community individuals who request assistance. Location: Christian Hospital, CMR (Acute Rehab) & Case Management (Inpatient Acute Care). Minimum Requirement: Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW).

Responsibilities

• Provides direct clinical services to patients and families.
• Plans and implements social work services on assigned clinical service or unit in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Collaborates with community human service agencies to meet the needs of patients, families, and the hospital.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work
• No prior experience required
• No supervisory experience required
• Preferred experience: 2‑5 years
• Licensed Master Social Worker (required)

Qualifications

Under direction of a physician, assists patients and their families in their residences or outpatient/inpatient settings to adapt and plan an interdisciplinary approach to treating the patient‑family system. Employees working at an Illinois facility are required to have an Illinois state social work license or be able to take and pass the Illinois state social work licensing exam within 90 days of the first day of employment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

Schedule

PRN - Day Shift