Social Worker I
Job Details
- Requisition #:
- 2975
- Location:
- Johns Hopkins Intrastaff, Columbia, MD 21044
- Category:
- Allied Health/Clinical Professional
Johns Hopkins Intrastaff is the internal staffing agency for the Johns Hopkins Health System and partner hospitals, providing temporary support to a variety of the Johns Hopkins locations. Our employees are the strength of our service. Intrastaff is unique because it's one of the very few agencies where a person has the benefit of being a temporary employee and also feels like a member of a large organization. Working at Hopkins means joining a culturally diverse team that includes some of the best nurses, physicians and allied health professionals in the world. Directly or indirectly, you'll have exposure to cutting-edge technology and groundbreaking medical research.
The Medical Social Worker II (LCSW-C) is responsible to implement the plan of care for specific patients, beginning on admission and following through until discharge. Collaboration with the patient, family, interdisciplinary care team members and external healthcare providers to assure safe, timely and efficient care is required. Initiates the plan of care and monitors its implementation. Functions as a member of the team in coordination of care to patients and serves as a problem solving resource. Position requires innovative skills for continuous improvement in patient outcomes and cost effectiveness. Internal communication is required outside of the work group to persuade or gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas.
Location: Johns Hopkins Howard County Hospital located in Columbia, MD.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 5:30PM.
Requirements
- Employee demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her unit as indicated by the following:
• Demonstrates ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs.
• Identifies the physical, motor, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics for age group(s) served.
• Demonstrates age appropriate communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide the care needed as described in the job description and the department's scope of service for the patient groups under his/her care. - Age group(s) served will be one or more of the following: Infant (Birth to 12 months), Child (13 months to 12 years), Adolescent (13 years to 17 years), Adult (18 years to 69 years) or Geriatric (70 years and older).
- Maintains an active presence on all units.
- Assesses new admissions within 24 hours. referrals in a timely fashion per department guidelines.
- Has a special focus on re-admissions, advanced age, living alone, uninsured, homeless, terminal illness, psychiatric illness, suicidality, suspected abuse/neglect, those expected not to be able to return to their previous living situation, high risk pregnancies, adoption, foster care, guardianship issues, drug/alcohol addiction.
- Updates family/medical team on discharge plan as needed.
- Promotes communication and collaboration among health care team members.
- Coordinates continuity of care planning through family meetings.
- Identifies and facilitates community resources.
- Advocates for the patient and family needs in different settings: inpatient, outpatient, home and in the community.
- Educates/navigates patients as needed on the levels of health care/healthcare team members.
- Ensures communication and understanding about post-hospital care among patient, family and health care team members.
- Facilitates APS/CPS/Guardianship/Advance Directives.
- Educates patients on the roles of health care team members; assisting patients and families in communicating with one another and to members of health care team; interpreting information.
- Facilitates decision making on behalf of patients and families.
- Employs crisis intervention.
- Educates hospital staff on patient psychosocial issues.
- Identifies ethical issues.
- Obtains authorization and placement for psychiatric patients residing outside of 1N 2W Psych.
- Conducts all steps in referral, placement and paperwork to Hospice (home and inpatient).
- Attends Long Stay, Multi-D rounds as appropriate.
- Completes1288 forms.
- Participates in departmental meetings and serves on community/hospital workgroups as appropriate. on hospital based committees such as Ethics, RISE, Grand Rounds
- Performs approved liaison, teaching, and outreach activities, and committee assignments which underscore professional practice and enhance the goals/objectives of the Hospital and department.
- Provides May provide supervision to LMSW social workers/social work interns without a clinical license as required and mandated by the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Qualifications
- MS Social Work from an accredited school of social work required.
- Must be licensed by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners at the LMSW-C level.
- Acute care hospital experience is required.
- Experienced in acute care medical setting preferred.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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