Social Worker - MSW

The Social Worker provides a wide range of clinical social work services and interventions to assist individuals, families, groups or communities to restore, enhance or protect their capacity for productive social functioning and coping with the consequences of their illness and health care status. They are able to assume independent practice and takes a leadership role in patient care, program and professional issues that they confront in their daily practice with minimal supervisory guidance.

This is a 0.9 FTE MSW inpatient social work position that covers the Emergency Department and Observation unit at The University of Minnesota Medical Center (M Health Fairview). The schedule is three 12 hour shifts (8am-8:30pm and on-call 8:30pm-12am) per week with an every third weekend (Saturday/ Sunday) rotation. The schedule fluctuates and is self scheduled along with the other two ED/ Obs unit social workers.

• Plans and implements treatment and transition care plans based upon a psychosocial assessment that is integrated into an interdisciplinary care plan
• Provides a range of social work interventions that include casework, counseling crisis intervention, case management, and group work methods in assisting patient and families reach their goals. Identifies and recognizes rapidly changing situations and quickly intervenes to prevent or resolve the emotional crisis, and increased LOS, or unnecessary admissions
• Arranges, mobilizes, utilizes, and may coordinate a comprehensive range of community resources which most effectively meet the identified patient and family needs
• Takes leadership role in facilitation of interdisciplinary communication and guides team members interactions with patient/families experiencing complex psychosocial issues
• Formally and informally educates patient/family and health care team members regarding the social work role, pertinent patient care issues, and population specific information
• Serves as a preceptor or field instructor for social work graduate and undergraduate training as appropriate to their skills related to a range of psychosocial issues and interventions
• Serves as patient advocate and liaison with physicians, families and community to ensure continuity of care
• Documents patient and family assessment, history, diagnosis, treatment and transition care plan, and progress, in the medical record
• Identifies and participates in CQI, research and program evaluation initiatives that focus on improving health care services at a service, program. Or department level
• Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with Fairview and Social Work Services standards, policies, and procedures
• Complies with the legal and regulatory laws, reporting and practice standards within the practitioners scope of practice
• Meets all role-related and age-specific competencies

Required:

• Master's degree in Social Work with medical experience
• Current Minnesota Social Work Licensure

Preferred:

• One or more years of social work experience
• LGSW required-prefer LICSW