Baptist Memorial Health Care

Social Worker LMSW

Baptist Memorial Health Care  •  Columbus, MS (Onsite)  •  39 minutes ago
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Job Description

Job Summary

Provides a wide array of social work services to patients and families, including performing psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating discharge plans to insure continuity of care, and providing supportive counseling to enhance coping and functioning ability. May be asked to resolve issues occuring on all shifts, 7 days a week. Reports to Supervisor of Case Management/Director of Quality Case Management. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizes social work skills by conducting psychosocial assessments of patients and families of all ages to determine support and discharge planning needs.
  • Coordinates and collaborates discharge plans for patients and families with other healthcare providers by insuring a smooth transition from one level of care to another while maintaining an appropriate length of stay.
  • Provides supportive counseling to individuals, families and groups to address identified concerns and to enhance understanding of, coping with, and adjustment to illness/hospitalization.
  • Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, placement facilities, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
  • Collaborates with healthcare team members by sharing pertinent information to develop a comprehensive and appropriate discharge plan for patients and families.
  • Complies with policies that support patient-s fundamental right to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patient-s care needs and preferences.
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

  • 3 years of experience in clinical social work.

Preferred/Desired

  • 3 years of experience in clinical social work.

Education

Minimum Required

  • MS -- must be licensed -- LSW

Preferred/Desired

  • MS -- prefer LMSW or LCSW

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

  • Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills. Basic computer literacy skills.

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

  • LSW for MS

Preferred/Desired

  • LCSW;LMSW
Baptist Memorial Health Care

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Year Founded
1912
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