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Hours:

Shift Start Time:

8 AM

Shift End Time:

4:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$41.440 - $53.470 - $65.490

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do
The Case Management Social Worker provides appropriate patient/family counseling for issues related to life changes, negative family dynamics, community resources and assistance with application for alternative funding, income related sources and initiates the patient outcome reporting process. The Social Worker receives referrals from the Case Manager.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work.
• 1 Year discharge planning experience.
• 3 Years medical social work experience including patient/family counseling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hospital experience.
• California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - CA Board of Behavioral Sciences -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

• Collaboration and communication
  Maintains required social work credentials in good standing.
  Complies with the Standards of Case Management Practice for Case Managers, Code of Professional Conduct for Case Managers, Code of Professional Conduct for Case Managers, NASW Standards and Sharp Grossmont Hospital.
  Complies with all operational policies.
  Participates in facility in-service activities that promote greater understanding of the case management process.
  Demonstrates ongoing willingnessto increase case management knowledge base.
  Appropriately receives constructive guidance from immediate supervisor.
  Represents the facility to other healthcare professionals, current and potential referral sources and the general public in accordance with the mission and philosophy of Sharp Grossmont Hospital.
  Preserves the basic human right of expression, decision, action and personal dignity for all patients/families.
  Respects the cultural diversity of all patients/families and employes of Sharp Grossmont Hospital.
• Department improvement
  Provides input in the development and improvement of departmental policies.
  Attends and participates in the monthly departmental meetings including case review presentations.
  Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to departmental policies.
• Government resource coordination
  Identifies appropriate service agencies addressing identified needs of patient/family.
  Obtains necessary application information to appropriate agency services.
  Upon family request, assist in the application processes and facilitates forwarding of applications to appropriate agencies.
  Meets with patient/family when they request assistance to determine status of agency application when social worker assistance has not been utilized.
  Keeps Case Manager apprised of agency applications and status.
• Psychosocial services
  Provides appropriate patient/family counseling within the scope of social work practice.
  Collaborates with the Case Manager, RN, or MD to identify psychological needs beyond the scope of social work practice and identify resources to meet these needs.
  Collaborates with the Resource Center in obtaining necessary approval from payor to make referrals to appropriate sources for services beyond the scope of social work practice.
  Collaborates with the Resource Center to develop objective documentation to demonstrate neessity for referral to psychosocial resources unavailable throught regular benefits.
  Provides updates to Case Manager as appropriate and to interdisciplinary team related to patient/family issues that may effect the inpatient stay and/or discharge plan.
  Maintains ongoing communication with patient/family.
  Acts to assertively manage inpatient cost related to psychosocial issues while collaborating with the Case Manager to appropriately move the patient along the continuum of care.
• Referral management
  Collaborates with Case Manager in utilizing the six (6) essential activities of case management when referral is received.
  Assesses the patient's social services needs by collecting in-depth information, from all available resources, about the patient's situation and functioning to identify individual needs in order to assist in the development of a comprehensive case management plan that will address those needs.
  Plans action oriented and time specific objectives and goals designed to meet the client's needs as identified through the assessment process.
  Implements the social service plan that will lead to accomplishing the goals set forth in the case management plan.
  Coordinates by organizing, securing, integrating and modifying the resources necessary to accomplish the goals set forth in the case management plan.
  Monitors the plan in an ongoing process by gathering sufficient information from all relevant resources about the plan in order to determine its effectiveness.
  Repeatedly evaluates, at appropriate intervals, the effectiveness of the plan in reaching the desired outcomes and goals while modifying any or all components of the plan as necessary.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Master's Degree; California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - CA Board of Behavioral Sciences