CarePoint Health is one of New Jersey’s leading health care systems comprised of three long-standing and highly-regarded hospitals – Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Hoboken University Medical Center and Bayonne Medical Center. CarePoint united three area hospitals to provide 360-degree-coordinated care by integrating the medical facilities and physician networks associated with these institutions. With over 4,500 employees, CarePoint is the largest private employer in Hudson County, New Jersey and each year provides care to over 300,000 individuals.
CarePoint prides itself on its patient-focused approach to care delivery, with an emphasis on preventative medicine, health education, and disease management. Leveraging its vast network of physicians and healthcare experts, CarePoint is quickly becoming recognized as a leader in the broader healthcare landscape as it pioneers creative solutions to address urgent population health needs.
What You'll Be Doing
The Social Worker provides direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in an interdisciplinary team approach. Provides social services to identified patients to assure social service needs are met and to promote optimal psycho-social functioning, increased coping with illness and assist with post hospital care based on age and/or disability. The Social Worker collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, managing complex discharge plans, building, and maintaining relationships with internal/external resources, making referrals to community agencies and entitlement programs, and continuing ongoing education.
Ensure continuity of care for patients with complex post-acute needs and maximizes the patients and families’ abilities to meet the continuing needs within their social and financial framework, understands of all stages of growth and development to assess each patients age specific needs to provide individual treatment and care, and is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments and medical errors.
Makes psychosocial assessments appropriate to patient’s age and diagnoses.
Appropriately prioritizes cases according to assessed needsCompletes written assessments in a timely mannerAssessments demonstrate understanding of patient’s functional status and psychosocial situationInformation is obtained from appropriate sourcesAssessments are updated as necessary
Provides supportive counseling to patients and families.
Demonstrates understanding and knowledge of counseling interventionsFunctions as a liaison between family and treatment teamInterprets and communicates psychosocial information and needs as appropriate
Coordinates discharge planning services.
Collaborates with patient, family and team members to coordinate discharge planningProvides adequate resource informationDevelops and maintains good working relationships with outside agenciesProvides timely documentation of discharge planning activities in the medical record includes notifying the interdisciplinary team of SW interventions and accurately documenting discharge planning for all assigned patients
Obtains Post-Acute Facility Authorizations and Transportation arrangements
Identifies patients requiring care transition to a post-acute facility;Obtains authorizations from payors for post-acute facility stay and transportation if applicableArranges transportation and notifies the Interdisciplinary team of such and documents appropriately.
Documents all appropriate information accurately and promptly.
Complies with confidentiality of information policies.Utilizes computerized Hospital Information System and manual systems appropriately.Communicates effectively with patients, public and co-workers at meetings and during day-to-day activities.Investigate resources for patients, families, and care givers to pursue. Participate in patient screening for appropriate resources when necessary. Facilitates implementation of discharge plan and updates discharge plan in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team in accordance with patient’s clinical course and continuing care needs to expedite post discharge care.What We're Looking For
Temporary, Day Shift
Rotating weekends
Prior case management experienceDiverse clinical experience in both Med/Surg3 - 5 years clinical hospital experience requiredValid NJ Social Worker license Excellent verbal and written communication skills requiredMust be able to make decisions, work independently and communicate effectively with Interdisciplinary teams, patient, families, and physician staff to formulate a safe discharge plan What We Offer• Competitive pay
• Advancement and career development opportunities
CarePoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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