Social Worker Patient Services Supervisor - Mental Health Inpatient - Trenton - Full-Time - DAYS

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Capital Health recognizes that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as an organization. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we can attract the best candidates.

Pay Range:

$77,230.40 - $114,118.16

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Position Overview

Job Summary

Provides onsite administrative oversight and supervision to LSW staff at the minimum to meet DMHAS regulation and NJ Borad of Social Work. The LCSW cannot be forced to supervise an LSW at the state level at a workplace in New Jersey, as supervision is a voluntary professional relationship that requires the LCSW’s consent to provide the service and for the LSW to accept a supervisor’s guidance and oversight. There is a distinction between mandatory administrative oversight and optional clinical supervision for state licensure. “

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Documents clinical record. Assesses comprehensively the patient needs including barriers to timely discharge, clinical interventions, support, and appropriate community resources according to policy. Provides individual and group therapy as appropriate.
• Uses culturally competent skills to assess individual patient needs and refers to appropriate professional staff when necessary. Identifies barriers and plans for intervention to overcome or lessen barriers to achieve outcome as evidenced by treatment plan.
• Documents clinical record and appropriate interventions including assessment, plans, and referrals in the discharge planning process. Collaborates, educates, and assists health care team to identify social and financial barriers that delay appropriate transitions through multidisciplinary rounds and medical record documentation.
• Collects and revises information on community resources to ensure complete and up to date awareness by patients.
• Documents accurately clinical record of all referrals and clinical interventions related to abuse, neglect, domestic violence, alcohol, and substance abuse and crisis intervention.
• Performs educational sessions for healthcare team related to abuse and neglect issues and reporting of same. Documents staff interventions in clinical record.
• Exercises discretion and judgement when counseling staff and patient and family on conflict management in health care setting and monitors reaction and need for ongoing intervention.
• Advocates for appropriate services for all patients with payer and providers of post-acute care service, community service, and other services in order to optimize patient outcome.
• Attends and participates in regular departmental performance programs, staff meetings, and hospital wide committees to analyze and respond to issues significant to social work services and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Assists in data collection and information gathering on patient care issues, program, and systems analysis in order to comply with plan, do, check, act performance improvement standards of DNV.
• Continually reviews regulatory requirements for social work and discharge planning services to assure appropriate and mandatory services are provided.
• Obtains pre-certifications as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Education :Master's degree in social work.
• Experience: Five years experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Other Credentials: Master's degree and LCSW
• Knowledge and Skills: Possesses excellent organizational, interpersonal, conflict resolution, and verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and ability to respond quickly in a fast paced environment.
• Special Training:
• Mental, Behavioral and Emotional Abilities:
• Usual Work Day:8 Hours  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Frequent physical demands include: Standing , Walking , Carry objects , Keyboard use/repetitive motion
• Occasional physical demands include: Sitting , Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders) , Push/Pull , Twisting , Bending , Reaching forward , Reaching overhead , Squat/kneel/crawl , Wrist position deviation , Pinching/fine motor activit