Clinical Social Worker

4 weeks ago

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Ochsner Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Social Worker to join our team at Ochsner Health in Baton Rouge. As a Clinical Social Worker, you will play a critical role in providing advanced clinical social work practice in the medical setting, applying social work theory, knowledge, ethics, and methods to restore or enhance social, psychosocial, or bio-psychosocial functioning of individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

Responsibilities
  • Interview and assess patients, assisting throughout the patient care plan.
  • Identify and provide helpful resources to patients and families.
  • Maintain patient records and documents, communicating critical information to the medical team.
  • Adapt behavior to the specific patient population, respecting privacy, introducing yourself, explaining services or procedures, requesting permissions, and communicating style.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
  • Master's degree in social work (MSW).
  • 5 years of related experience.
  • Experience in a medical social work field (preferred).
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as verified by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners (LABSWE) and able to engage in independent practice.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
  • Good knowledge of common disease entities and disorders and medical terminology to understand acute and ongoing needs of patients and families.
  • Excellent psychotherapeutic skills.
  • Superior interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively and courteously with patients, families, multi-disciplinary team members, departmental peers, and community agency personnel.
  • Advanced knowledge of an acute and chronic care medical setting, medical terminology, and the psychosocial and economic effects of illness and/or trauma upon the patient and their support system.
  • Advanced knowledge of managed care and public programs such as those funded by Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and commercial insurance plans.
  • Proficiency in using computers, software, and web-based applications.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process.
Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical essential functions of this job include (but are not limited to) frequently exerting 10 to 20 pounds of force to move objects, occasionally exerting up to 100 pounds of force. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Normal routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluid, or tissue, but exposure or potential for exposure may occur. The incumbent works with patients who have known or suspected communicable diseases and may enter isolation rooms. There may be an occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases. Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be an occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning, and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

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