Overview
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Hospitals have a history of caring for our community that goes back more than 100 years.
We provide a broad range of medical and surgical services including minimally invasive and outpatient options. Our family of services includes the areas only inpatient oncology unit the Orthopedic Spine and Hand Center Family Birth Center the Lactation Support Center and retail store and many others.
Mercy Hospital Downtown is a 194-bed facility located in downtown Bakersfield. Mercy Hospital Southwest is a 78-bed facility and the only hospital located in the rapidly growing area west of Highway 99.
Mercy Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1910.
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Responsibilities
Position Summary :
The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients.
They are 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, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations.
Clinical 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 Clinical 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 Clinical 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
Minimum Requirements :
- Master's Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
- At least two years of clinical and / or medical social work experience required.
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