Medical Social Worker II

1 day ago


San Francisco, California, United States Sutter Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Medical Social Worker II to join our team at Sutter Health. As a Medical Social Worker II, you will play a vital role in providing biopsychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, short-term counseling, advocacy, and linkage to resources and planning for transitions of care for patients and their families/significant others of all ages in any patient care setting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform biopsychosocial assessments and develop plans of care for patients and families.
  • Provide direct clinical services, including discharge planning/transitions of care, individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, facilitating education and support groups, and linkage with resources to patients, families, and staff as indicated by biopsychosocial assessment and plan of care.
  • Advocate on behalf of patients and families for services, access to care, and for the protection of the patient's safety and rights.
  • Document in the patient medical record and other hospital/department records in an accurate, concise, and timely manner.
  • Establish and maintain positive, effective relationships with other hospital departments, medical staff, and community representatives.
  • Foster an environment of mutual support and professional excellence throughout the department.
Requirements
  • Master's degree in Social Work.
  • 2 years recent relevant experience.
  • Clinical skills in biopsychosocial assessment and clinical interventions, including crisis intervention, intervention with patient/family behavioral issues, grief counseling, supportive counseling, adjustment to illness, life review/end of life support, behavioral change therapy, motivational interviewing, short-term family counseling, group facilitation.
  • Collaboration skills and ability to work effectively on a team.
  • Skills in patient and family advocacy.
  • Knowledge of transitions of care and community resources.
  • Knowledge of post cute levels of care and resource needs for discharge planning.
  • Knowledge of child, elder and dependent adult abuse, crimes against persons reporting requirements, and other significant regulations affecting clinical social work practice.
  • Knowledge of behavioral health and the skills to assess mental health functioning, high risk behaviors, depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric conditions impacting hospitalization or transitions of care.
  • Knowledge of suicidal behavior, and the skills necessary to assess lethality, and to develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
  • Knowledge of substance use and the skills to assess level of addiction, motivation for change, and to develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the influence of cultural and spiritual values in social work practice.
  • Knowledge and skills necessary to provide psychosocial care appropriate to the age-specific needs of newborns, children, adolescents, adults and elders.
  • Knowledge of palliative care, goals of care discussions, and the psychosocial needs of the patient and family at end-of-life.
  • Knowledge of bioethics and legal issues impacting patient care.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing.
  • Must demonstrate interpersonal and organizational skills, to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and competing demands.
  • Proficient in using a computer to accurately enter and extract data, send and receive email, calendar appointments, and use task lists as will be using a variety of computer software programs.
  • Knowledge of local county/state/federal resources for at-risk population.


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