Require Social Worker - Medicine/Surgery - 8:30am-4:30pm including rotating weekends and holidays in Brooklyn, NY
Job title: Social Worker - Medicine/Surgery - 8:30am-4:30pm including rotating weekends and holidays
Company: NYU Family Health Centers
Job description: NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Learn more about , and interact with us on , , , , , and .
Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker - Medicine/Surgery - 8:30am-4:30pm including rotating weekends and holidays.
In this role, the successful candidate will provide services to patients and their families including, but not limited to, screening, patient identification, patient assessment, transitional and discharge planning for post-acute needs for the designated population (Emergency Department and inpatient acute care, excluding Behavioral Health). Provides limited counseling related to the psychosocial aspects of the presenting episode of care
Job Responsibilities:
- Performs other duties as assigned or volunteered in alignment with the mission, goals and values
- Assists in completion of eligibility documents, assessment forms, etc, as necessary and appropriate
- Provides information relative to services, specific programs, and treatment options offered by LMC
- Establishes and maintains close professional relationships with civic and social organizations within the target area.
- Assists in the collection and reporting of timely, accurate statistical data.
- Maintains professional documentation as defined by organizational policy and procedure
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to assess and plan for appropriate care and services across the continuum.
- Provides limited services of counseling, crisis intervention, transition planning, protective services, advocacy, information and referral within the framework of discharge planning
- Utilizes knowledge of community resources to refer patients to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care.
- Completes referrals for post-acute services to meet patient needs to safely transition to the next level of care.
- Provides psychosocial discharge planning assessment and services (i.e. subacute and custodial care placements, entitlements, working with high risk and/or difficult to discharge population, etc.).
- Involves patient/family/support system in the care and discharge plan as appropriate
- Provides psychosocial counseling as identified through assessment for patients and families/support systems to enhance participation and cooperation in developing a comprehensive social work plan.
- Manages inpatient referrals, including, but not limited to, screening, identification of social work intervention needs, assessments, development of post-acute discharge plan based on assessed needs, and implementation of discharge plans.