Social Worker - Discharge Planner

Description

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Summary:

The Social Worker/Discharge Planner plans, organizes and directs the clinical case management functions of assigned patient population. This includes completing clinical and psychosocial assessments and facilitating timely, effective and safe discharges. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary care team to identify patients at risk for readmissions and implements plans of care to reduce risk.

Responsibilities:

1. Completes psychosocial screenings, assessments, and appropriate interventions in collaboration with patients/families, physicians, and other healthcare team members to meet care plan needs.

2. Collaborates with Case Manager to formulate and implement discharge plans for patients with identified discharge needs.

3. Accesses internal and external resources to meet patients' and families' discharge needs.

4. Maintains working knowledge of internal and external resources as well as financial, state, and regulatory agency policies and requirements.

5. Actively promotes, coordinates, and facilitates communication between patients and/or families and members of the healthcare team, and/or members of the legal, educational, and religious communities as needed.

6. Addresses complex psychosocial issues or behaviors which create or contribute to non-compliance, over-utilization or resources, and/or readmissions.

7. Effectively identifies and resolves issues associated with competency, guardianship, and adoption processes. Serves as an advocate for patients' physical and emotional well-being.

8. Identifies possible or actual patient/family crises, providing crisis intervention and emotional support, and creating and facilitating effective plans for resolution.

9. Identifies real/potential ethical issues, educates healthcare team members, and participates in resolution in collaboration with other healthcare team members

10. Proactively initiates end of life discussions with patients, families and/or physicians when appropriate. Assists patients with completion of Advance Directives and Out of Facility Do Not Resuscitate Orders as needed

11. Adheres to Patient Bill of Rights and National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics.

12. Supports secondary level of care placement issues as needed by department

13. Assist patients in accessing indigent drug programs

14. Other duties as assigned

Other information:

Education Requirements:

Bachelors of Social Work (BSW) required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

Professional Experience Requirements:

No previous experience required.

Legal Employer: Lenoir Health

Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care

Organization Unit: Care Management

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Weekend

Location of Job: LENOIR MEM

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.