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General Summary of Position
MedStar Health is looking for a Clinical Social Worker to join our team!
The Clinical Social Worker supports MWHC (MedStar Washington Hospital Center) resource management mission through clinical discharge planning activities that help ensure appropriate bed utilization and length of stays. Provides psychosocial assessment of patients/families and significant others to facilitate a safe discharge plan. Provides direct clinical counseling services to patients, families, and groups. Identifies appropriate community resources and makes referrals. May specialize in a particular area, such as AIDS or OB/GYN.
Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!
Primary Duties:
Interviews patients/family and/or significant others to evaluate medical, psychosocial, financial, and environmental barriers to a safe and timely discharge. Formulates an accurate assessment and develops an intervention plan consistent with the data received during the evaluation.
Engages in multi-systems management to resolve all system influences that present potential barriers to the safe, timely discharge of the patient. Identifies and maximizes the use of available psychological, environmental, and health care resources to assist in barrier elimination.
Assists patient/family and/or significant others through individual, family, and group intervention to resolve psychological barriers that impede optimum social and health adjustment. Maximizes the patient/family ability to understand, accept, and comply with medical recommendations.
Documents all assessments, recommendations, and clinical discharge planning activities in the medical record. Contributes to the department's training, educational, and consulting activities. Utilizes resources, such as family and community-based agencies, to assist patients to resume life in community or to learn to adjust to disability. Recommends and processes applications for other home placement, such as nursing homes, hospices, treatment centers, etc.
Participates in improving health services and quality control mechanisms, through close collaboration with physicians and other health team members. Adheres to departmental, MWHC, and National Association of Social Workers (NASW) policies, protocols, and professional standards.
Qualifications:
Master's degree in social work.
1-2 years of progressively more responsible job-related experience.
Licensed Social Worker in the District of Columbia.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Why MedStar Health?
At MedStar Health, we understand that our ability to treat others well begins with how we treat each other. We work hard to foster an inclusive and positive environment where our associates feel valued, connected, and empowered. We live up to this promise through:
- Strong emphasis on teamwork - our associates feel connected to each other and our mission as an organization. In return, our effective team environment generates positive patient outcomes and high associate satisfaction ratings that exceed the national benchmark.
- Strategic focus on equity, inclusion, & diversity - we are committed to equity for all people and communities. We continue to build a diverse and inclusive workplace where people feel a sense of belonging and the ability to contribute to equitable care delivery and improved community health outcomes at all levels of the organization.
- Comprehensive total rewards package - including competitive pay, generous paid time off, great health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, education assistance, and so much more.
- More career opportunities closer to home - as the largest healthcare provider in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region, there are countless opportunities to grow your career and fulfill your aspirations.
About MedStar Health
MedStar Health is dedicated to providing the highest quality care for people in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, while advancing the practice of medicine through education, innovation, and research. Our team of 32,000 includes physicians, nurses, residents, fellows, and many other clinical and non-clinical associates working in a variety of settings across our health system, including 10 hospitals and more than 300 community-based locations, the largest home health provider in the region, and highly respected institutes dedicated to research and innovation. As the medical education and clinical partner of Georgetown University for more than 20 years, MedStar Health is dedicated not only to teaching the next generation of doctors, but also to the continuing education, professional development, and personal fulfillment of our whole team. Together, we use the best of our minds and the best of our hearts to serve our patients, those who care for them, and our communities. It's how we treat people.
MedStar Health is an Equal Opportunity (EO) Employer and assures equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We hire people to work in different locations, and we comply with the federal, state and local laws governing each of those locations. MedStar Health makes all decisions regarding employment, including for example, hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, benefit eligibility, discipline, and discharge without regard to any protected status, including race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliations, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local EO laws. If you receive an offer of employment, it is MedStar Health's policy to hire its employees on an at-will basis, which means you or MedStar Health may terminate this relationship at any time, for any reason.
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