Social Worker MSW PRN- Weekends/Weekdays

Job Details

Social Worker MSW PRN- Weekends/Weekdays

Job Description

SW must work a minimum of TWO weekend days throughout a ONE month period.

Provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient’s/family’s/significant other’s ability to cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems related to illness/convalescence and discharge plan.  Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a discharge plan for the patient

Knowledge of: Medical terminology and disease process; Community resources; Insurance regulations and requirements

Skill in: Work with multidisciplinary teams, outside resources, patients/families/significant others

Ability to: Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care

Education:

Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required. Masters of Social Work required.

AND

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.

Active LSW or LCSW required for New Jersey positions and preferred for Pennsylvania positions.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outp