Overview
Founded in 1926 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed acute care nonprofit community hospital located in Glendale California.
The hospital offers a full complement of services including its award winning heart center the colorectal surgery institute a gastrointestinal program and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center.
The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. Visit / socal / locations / glendalememorial for more information.
Responsibilities
About this Opportunity :
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for assigned patient population.
He / she is dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination skilled at managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative compassionate and ethical problem-solving.
As a member of a multidisciplinary health team position performs comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical social and resource issues that impact individual patients families and at risk populations.
Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention patient / family intervention high risk screening brief counseling referring for financial or other identified resource needs arrange and facilitate family / patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified.
The Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians case managers nursing staff county agencies community resources patients and families.
The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.
Qualifications
- At least one year of clinical and / or medical social work experience required in an medical facility.
- Prefer one year of clinical and / or medical social work experience in an acute psychiatric facility.
- Masters Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
- Knowledge of contemporary behavioral and systems theories relevant to health care; end-of-life dynamics and interventions;
- grief and bereavement counseling; substance abuse identification and interventions; support for victims of abuse neglect or violence;
community or financial resources for underserved or vulnerable populations.
- SSDI SDI and other governmental / county requirements / programs.
- Thorough comprehension of OBRA and Title 22 is required.
- Excellent customer service and presentation skills are a must Strong interpersonal and written communication skills are essential Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
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