Job Title Masters Social Worker
Location : Tulsa, OK
Duration : Permanent
Shift : Days, 40 hrs / week
General Description :
Under general supervision, provides nursing care in a hospital to a variety of patients with health problems ranging from simple to complex.
Job Summary :
Provides skilled interventions for :
- The support and / or resolution of patient and family crises.
- Problem-solving and decision-making.
- Advocacy and facilitation necessitated by life-changing events (adoption, guardianship, abuse, placement, bereavement).
- Mediation of risk factors and coping with disease or disability.
- Other psychosocial and / or socioeconomic issues while adhering to Client and departmental policies / procedures including those on Infection Control, Confidentiality,
- Patient's Rights, Advance Directives, Disaster Protocol, Safety and Fire Prevention, Attendance, and Punctuality.
Job Responsibilities :
Receives referrals and assesses in a timely manner those patients and families / significant others who are referred to social work service.Integrates social work plan into overall patient care through interdisciplinary collaboration.Provides skilled Social Work services in the areas of comprehensive case management, discharge planning, continuing care services, advocacy, clinical social work services, including crisis intervention, and patient / family education utilizing individual and family modalities.Provides skilled social work services in the areas of abuse and neglect, advanced directives, psychiatric placements / issues, end of life issues pertinent to the assigned patient population.Understands and utilizes hospital and community-based resources and entitlements.Refers patients, families / significant others, and hospital staff to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care.Develops and utilizes specialized knowledge of resources related to the needs of specific patient populations.Facilitates efforts to obtain insurance coverage for hospital and community-based services.Documents of the patient care plan, staff interventions and outcomes promptly and completely in the patient's medical record.Completes statistical reports as required by the department and other programs.Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to develop complex discharge plans prospectively and conduct transitional planning for patients moving to nursing home and other facilities.Continues and encourages professional development through supervision, attendance at hospital and community conferences and mandatory in-service training with the intent of enhancing knowledge, sensitivity, and self-awareness about special issues related to culture, race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.Participate in community education and support group activities as approved.