Medical Social Worker
Company: Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Location: Carmichael
Posted on: June 18, 2022
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Job Description:
Overview
Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed
not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael,
California, serving the areas of north Sacramento County and south
Placer County for more than 50 years. It is one of the area's
largest and most comprehensive medical centers. Dedicated to the
community's well-being, our staff and volunteers provide excellence
in care for our patients each year. Mercy San Juan Medical Center
has received recognition for being a Comprehensive Stroke Center
and Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery, along with
Certificates of Excellence in Perinatal Care, Hip- and Knee-
Replacement.
Responsibilities
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work
assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients
and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient
and family centered care that values personal self-determination,
skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in
creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving. As a member of
a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive
assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical,
social and resource issues that impact individual patients,
families and at risk populations. Social Workers are responsible
for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to
develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered
plan of care for both individual patients and the medical
community. The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis
intervention, patient /family intervention, high risk screening,
brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified
resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient
representative meetings with the health care team as needed, assist
in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of
appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients
are identified. The Social Worker establishes and maintains
professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing
staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families.
The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and
take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital
staff.REQUIREMENTS:
We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:
Qualifications
Experience:
Keywords: Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael , Medical Social Worker, Healthcare , Carmichael, California
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