Saint Luke's

Social Worker

Saint Luke's  •  Overland Park, KS (Onsite)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Description​

Saint Luke's South Hospital is seeking a full-time Social Worker to join our Team!

Responsible and accountable for assessment of psychological, social, emotional, cultural and financial needs, and the resulting treatment that impacts patients' health and recovery. Provides professional social work services that utilize clinical knowledge to address the needs of patients and families during illness, crisis intervention, and post-acute discharge planning. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to develop transition plan and address needs in a timely manner. Participates in program planning and development to meet the needs of customers within the entity, health system and community.

  • Shift: Full-Time Monday-Friday 8-4:40. In person
  • Provides social work services to patients in an acute care setting for patients with acute, chronic or terminal illnesses and their families.
  • Services to patients and their families include: identification of psychosocial needs, psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, crisis intervention, information and referrals, protective services, and patient/family education
  • Functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team for patient care
  • Duties may also include assistance with program development, evaluation, professional education, or supervision of students and BSW staff.
  • Knowledge of theory and practice of social work at the MSW level and have basic research skills
  • Must have the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and with patients of various ages and cultural backgrounds
  • Must have excellent written/verbal communication skills
  • Certified LMSW or LCSW required
  • Kansas Social Work license required
  • Master's Degree in Social Work required
  • Prefer prior experience in a healthcare setting (i.e., hospital, home health or nursing home) but not required.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Licensed Masters Social Worker (KS) - Kansas Behavioral Science Regulatory Board

Master's Degree

Job Details

Full Time

Day (United States of America)

Saint Luke's

About Saint Luke's

About Saint Luke’s

Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.

Saint Luke’s offers:

- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute

- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute

- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries

- Liver and kidney transplantation programs

- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center

- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City

- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region

- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
saintlukeskc.org
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