Employment Status:

Full time

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Facility:

1 Health Cir - Lexington

Requisition Number:

R153258 Clinical Social Worker - MSW - Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital (Open)

How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare:

The clinical social worker provides psychosocial assessments, interviews, and/or treatments and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation. The social worker works collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third-party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible.

• Conduct psychosocial assessments to evaluate emotional, social, and environmental factors affecting patients and families.
• Develop and coordinate comprehensive care transition plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, ensuring appropriate resource utilization.
• Regularly reassess care plans and adjust as needed, with face-to-face coordination whenever possible.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of benefit plans, regulatory guidelines, and resources for cost-effective care.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and confidential documentation, meeting professional standards and federally regulated timelines for assessments and discharge plans.
• Stay current with social work and healthcare developments, attending department training and educational sessions as required.
• Provide supervision, teaching, and training for staff and students as needed.
• Actively participate in interdisciplinary meetings and maintain effective communication with all care team members to ensure timely and appropriate care transitions.
• Advocate for patients and provide therapeutic interventions to support their adaptation to illness or life changes.
• Support patients and families by addressing emotional and coping challenges, and providing education related to their condition.
• Participate in performance improvement initiatives, adhering to productivity measures and utilizing data to monitor and enhance patient care.
• Comply with departmental policies and procedures while identifying and escalating avoidable delays in care transitions.

What We Require:

Education: Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work or 12 years of equivalent experience required.

Experience: Minimum of two years social work experience in health care setting preferred.

Other Minimum Qualifications: Effective interpersonal, communication, and team working skills required.  Must successfully complete orientation and competency validation for position.  Demonstrates advanced knowledge of social work theory and practice: proven expertise as a clinical social worker; crisis intervention skills; critical thinking and creative problem solving.  Satisfactory completion of orientation; positive interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; analytical skills; cultural competence; integrity; team player; courteous; ability/willingness to work as an integral member of a multi skilled team.  

Recruiter:

PENNY DANIEL

Recruiter Email:

padaniel@carilionclinic.org

For more information, contact the HR Service Center at 1-800-599-2537.

Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color,  religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veterans status. Carilion is a Drug-Free Workplace. For more information or for individuals with disabilities needing special assistance with our online application process contact Carilion HR Service Center at 800-599-2537, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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