Social Worker II
Company: Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
Location: Sugar Land
Posted on: September 26, 2024
Job Description:
At Houston Methodist, the Social Worker II (SW II) position
comprehensively provides compassionate, clinical social work,
psychosocial assessments, diagnosis and treatments, and complex
discharge planning to patients and their families of a targeted
patient population on a designated unit(s). In collaboration with
physicians and the interprofessional health care team, this
position sensitizes other health care providers to the social and
emotional aspects of a patient's illness to collaboratively
facilitate efficient quality care and achievement of desired
treatment outcomes and affect positive patient and family outcomes.
This position uses case management skills to help patients and
their families address and resolve the social, financial and
psychological problems related to their health condition. The SW II
position holds joint accountability with case manager, assuring
that psychosocial and continuing care issues are addressed and
treated as needed across the continuum of care and has
responsibility for unit or departmental social work program
development. This position serves as a hospital-wide, service-line
leader for psychosocial related issues, complex discharge planning
activities, and population disease management.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Role models communication in an active, positive and effective
manner to all health care team members and reports pertinent
patient care and family data in a comprehensive and unbiased
manner, listens and responds to the ideas of others. Uses
therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with patients
and families and communicates the discharge plan, facilitating
transitions and hand-offs. Supports patients and families in
clinical or ethical issues.
- Provides staff education specific to patient populations and
departmental processes. Functions as a preceptor and mentor to new
employees. Identifies opportunities for professional growth of self
and peers.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Serves as a hospital/post acute-based leader for comprehensive
case management activities including assessing high-risk patients
and leading team to identify at-risk patients, participating in
daily Care Coordination rounds, and identifying and leading
resolution to barriers of efficient patient throughput. Completes a
full assessment based on the social work assessment, leading and
addressing solutions of social determinants which is accomplished
by patient/family interview, review of the medical record including
previous episodes of care, H&P, lab and other test
results/findings, plan of care, physician orders, nursing and
progress notes. Uses advanced knowledge and clinical expertise and
screening tools to identify need for case management and/or social
work intervention.
- Addresses and manages conflict associated with a comprehensive
psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social
work diagnoses, treatments and interventions, including crisis
intervention, brief individual, marital and family therapies, and
patient, family and caregiver groups. Maintains ownership of the
psychosocial component, assessments, diagnosis and treatment, of
the discharge planning process on assigned units. Assists with
screening, identification, diagnosis, management and treatment of
victims of abuse, neglect, and domestic violence and of mental
health and/or substance abuse problems in patients and family
members.
- Establishes mutual educational goals with patient and family,
providing appropriate resources, incorporating planning for care
after discharge. Provides education to physicians and other
interprofessional health care team members on mutually identified
goals of care and uses knowledge of levels of care, working with
patient and family, to ensure discharge disposition is the
appropriate level and facilitates transfers.
- Uses knowledge for different levels of care, working with
patient and family, to ensure discharge disposition is to the
appropriate level and facilitates transfers, Provides brief,
goal-directed counseling services to assist patients/families to
cope more effectively with the transition.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Consistently documents to reflect completed patient
screening/assessment and reassessment upon admission and
concurrently as needed. Modifies care based on continuous
evaluation of the patient's condition, demonstrates problem-solving
and critical thinking, and makes decisions using evidence-based
analytical approach. Considers variables that impact treatment
plans including diagnosis of emotional, social, and environmental
strengths and problems related to their illness, treatment and/or
life situation.
- Consistently reviews the total picture of the patient for
opportunities for care facilitation and needs for discharge
planning. Works with case manager for routine discharge and
anticipates/prevents and manages/elevates emergent situations with
specific focus given to discharge plan and elimination of
psychosocial barriers.
- Collaborates with staff from the interprofessional health care
team concerning safety data to improve outcomes and the safe
transition of care through effective patient handoffs.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Completes timely and thorough assessment on all unfunded
patients to identify community resources required for effective
transition by demonstrating an effective community resource
knowledge base and judgment/ability to effectively select and
coordinate available resources, including referrals to regulatory
agencies, i.e. CPS/APS.
- Identifies, obtains and utilizes alternative resources to fill
gaps in established community resources.
- Guides discharge planning activities for assigned patients and
collaborates with the case managers and other members of the
interprofessional health care team, as well as patient and family
by intervening and coordinating cost-effective, complex discharge
planning outcomes and decreased length of stay.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provides education to hospital physicians, nurses, and other
healthcare providers on community resources and psychosocial impact
on care needs.
- Identifies areas for improvement based on understanding of
evidence-based practice literature. Completes and updates the
individual development plan (IDP) on an on-going basis.
- Identifies, initiates and leads evidence-based
practice/performance improvement projects based on observations by
offering solutions and participating in unit projects and
activities.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
EDUCATION
- Master Degree in Social Work from accredited University
(MSW)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Three (3) years social services experience in a healthcare
setting
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker - State Licensure -- No
additional credential needed if LCSW OR
- LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure -- if
LMSW, need one additional credential AND
- ACM-SW - Accredited Case Manager-Social Worker (ACMA) OR
- CCM - Certified Case Manager OR
- ACM - Accredited Case Manager (NBCM) OR
- ACM - Accredited Case Manager (ACMA) OR
- C-SWHC - Certified Social Worker in Health Care (NASW)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely
perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills,
competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the
English language necessary to perform the essential functions of
this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or
employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians,
family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a
customer service focus and application of positive language
principles
- Knowledge of community resources and health care financial and
payer issues, and eligibility for state, local and federal programs
- Maintains individual competencies around critical Social Work
functions including; payor rules and regulations, psycho-social
assessments and discharge planning methods
- Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in
interactions with physicians, payors, and patients and their
families
- Well versed in computer skills of the entire Microsoft Office
Suite (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word)
- Critical thinking, collaboration, negotiation, and mediation
skills
- Time management and prioritization skills
- Adherence to the clinical practice standards set forth by NASW
practice standards for healthcare settings and more specifically in
hospitals and medical centers
- Maintains level of professional contributions as defined in
Career Path programSUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs No
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) NoON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless
of selection below.
- On Call* YesTRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area YesCompany
Profile:Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, scheduled to open in
the first quarter of 2025, will be Houston Methodist's ninth
hospital and will incorporate the most advanced technology
available from the day the doors open. With 100 beds (at our
opening; licensed for 276) and a prime location in the heart of the
rapidly growing U.S. 290 corridor, the hospital will be equipped
with technologically advanced innovations implemented during COVID,
many of them designed to make patient communication with
physicians, staff and families the very best and most effective in
any health care facility. Even though the hospital won't be fully
operational until 2025, we have several services and specialties
opening in 2024.Houston Methodist is an equal opportunity employer
inclusive of women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.Equal
Employment OpportunityHouston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept
to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will
not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person
employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or
other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor -
priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
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