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Medical Social Worker II

2 months ago


San Jose, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a skilled Medical Social Worker II to join our team in San Jose, California.

Job Description

The primary role of the Medical Social Worker II is to provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments and interventions to patients and their families/caregivers. Under the general direction of the Social Work Manager/LCSW, the Medical Social Worker II will deliver age-appropriate social work care to patients and their caregivers in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provides psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction, and developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.
  • Develops and implements individual Plans of Treatment to assist patients and families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial, and environmental factors which affect and/or are affected by illness.
  • Completes psychosocial assessments and partners with patients to identify needs and develop and implement individual treatment plans based on mutually agreed upon treatment plans.
  • Discusses options for care proactively, including Kaiser resources and external community/government resources, to assist patients and families in developing short and long-term care plans as appropriate.
  • Collaborates with other disciplines in assessing, planning, and providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.
  • Assists patients in advocating for themselves to receive appropriate services within Kaiser and in the community.
  • Assists patients and families with care planning and discharge plans.
  • Takes, reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes written and oral referrals.
  • Maintains documentation, records, and data collections.
  • Responsible for completion of required documents in a complete and timely manner.
  • Functions as part of the Skilled Nursing Facility Team to ensure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilities.
  • Liaisons between patients and Kaiser, maintaining positive relationships with Kaiser and providing for continuity of care.
  • Identifies appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients, where applicable.
  • Obtains placements, where applicable.
  • Collaborates with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the community to meet mutually agreed-upon goals and objectives.
  • Provides information and referral to community resources as requested.
  • Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members, and skilled nursing facilities.
  • Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare, and Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situations.
  • Participates in Utilization Management/Quality Assurance activities.
  • Assists in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, triaging of phone calls from members/families.
  • Works with referral sources to clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial information.
  • Performs other related duties as necessary.
Requirements
  • Experience: Step I: 0-2 years social work experience. Step II: 2-4 years social work experience within the last five (5) years. Step III: 4 or more years social work experience within the last ten (10) years.
  • Education: Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
  • License, Certification, Registration: N/A
About Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is a not-for-profit, integrated health plan that makes a difference in the lives of members, patients, and communities across the country. With 39 hospitals and more than 734 locations in eight states and the District of Columbia, we proudly serve more than 12.7 million members from coast to coast.