Healthcare Social Worker

7 days ago


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States OU Health Full time
Job Overview
As a Clinical Social Worker with OU Health, you will provide essential social services to patients and their families in the emergency department. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work under general supervision, and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

About the Role
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and compassionate social worker to join our team at OU Health. In this role, you will be responsible for providing social services to patients and their families, conducting discharge planning evaluations, making psychosocial assessments, and counseling patients and family members regarding diseases, treatments, and other issues.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Provide social services to patients and their families for assigned medical services.
  • Conduct discharge planning evaluations of patients and/or family members to gather needed information.
  • Makes psychosocial assessments and relates findings to necessary hospital staff.
  • Counsels patients and other persons regarding diseases, treatments, social or financial situations, emotional stress, and/or other problems.
  • Conducts high social risk case findings and provides crisis counseling to patients and families regarding child abuse or neglect, physical abuse, etc., and documents these sessions.
  • Provides services of crisis intervention for patients and families.
  • Acts as a liaison between patients/families and the hospital staff and other agencies.
  • Utilizes available information to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided in producing the desired outcomes and makes adjustments in patient care as indicated.
  • Assists in discharge planning and referrals to the community for ongoing services.
  • Assists the patient and family with post-hospital placement or transfer to post-acute care facility.
  • Assists patients and families with adverse reactions or difficult adjustments to illness, treatment, or changes in functional status.
  • Utilizes specialized interviewing and communication skills with children.
  • Acts as a patient advocate for issues related to informed decision making, end-of-life care, realistic goal setting, and appropriate resolution of ethical dilemmas.
  • May prepare statistics concerning referrals, extended stay, and other elements.
  • May supervise students or newly hired employees.
General Responsibilities:
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
Education: Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school.
Experience: Hospital experience preferred.
License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: LMSW strongly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the principles and practices of social and psychological casework, of social and welfare resources available in the community and hospital, of current social and economic conditions, trends, and problems. Analytical skills sufficiently strong to interpret situations and determine the appropriate course of action. Ability to explain technical data in a form understandable by patients, families, and hospital staff. Good interpersonal skills.

Salary Range: $62,000 - $72,000 per year, depending on qualifications and experience.
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package, including PTO, 401(k), medical and dental plans, and many more.

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