**Overview** **_$5,000 Sign-On Bonus and eligible for up to $10,000 Student Loan Assistance!!!_** The Masters Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for hospitalized and emergency department patients. The functions of the Masters Social Worker include: crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high-risk screening, brief counseling, referrals for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified. **Responsibilities** + Providing developmentally appropriate care for all populations served: plan for the safe discharge and continuityof care, recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages, the physically disabled, mentally ill, chronically ill,terminally ill, and vulnerable patients. + Advocacy and education: patient/family self-care management; patient/family health management education;bioethics referrals and management; physician, staff, and community education; case/caremanagement/coordination education and training; risk management identification and referral. + Psychosocial management: crisis intervention; psychosocial assessment/functioning; counseling support and referral;abuse/neglect/trafficking identification, assessment, and referral (partner, child, elder, etc.); family issues affectingcare; coping/emotional adjustment; grief/bereavement support (individual and group); adoption, surrogacy, and safesurrender support, management, and resources; health/wellness promotion; substance abuse screening,management, and resources; psychiatric screening, management, and resources; staff support; assessing,addressing, managing, and resources related to social determinants of health (e.g. housing and food insecurity,transportation). + Patient/Family Care Conferences: interdisciplinary care communication/coordination related tocontinuity/transitions of care planning and management. + Continuity/Transition Management: As part of Care Management/Coordination team, facilitation of patientdecisions and communications regarding post-acute care; professional responsibility for knowledge ofcommunity resources related to clinical social work scope of service and functions and social worker discretion;maintaining appropriate up-to-date resource lists; education for patients/families about availability ofcommunity resources; mental health service and support coordination; grave disability, palliativecare/end-of-life, and hospice patient/family support, referrals, and management; interventions, management,and coordination of transition planning for psychosocially complex cases. + Community Resource Coordination: life-care planning; expert consultation on health care resource management;team and patient education regarding various health-related insurance/support programs (e.g.CCS/Medicare/Medicaid/SSI); building and maintaining community relationships to address needs of patientsexperiencing homelessness and to meet other social determinants of health needs. + Performance & Outcomes Management: in-depth understanding and application of federal/state/localregulatory agency guidelines, The Joint Commission standards, and other regulatory and accreditationrequirements; implement evidence-based practices; support organizational financial performance, length ofstay, cost per case, readmission prevention efforts and revenue cycle goals. **Qualifications** Required: Master’s degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education **Pay Range** $22.89 - $33.20 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.