Job Description

Title: Social Worker MSW

Location: Saddleback Memorial Medical Center

Department: Inpatient Adult Palliative Care

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Days (8hr)

Pay Range*: $41.09/hour - $59.56/hour

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

The Social Worker, MSW is responsible for providing clinical social work services to patients, families and groups in all hospital areas specific to assignment. Provides professional services including but are not limited to bio-psychosocial assessment, brief treatment, crisis interventions, case consultation, patient education, discharge planning, and resource management. Additionally, this position is an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, providing mental health expertise, in addition to community outreach, networking and liaison with community programs.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Continuously complies with department quality control/assurance processes.
• Documents psychosocial assessment in accordance to expectations required of the MSW and; effectively prioritizes clinical interventions according to acuity level of psychosocial needs.
• Proactive in avoiding delays in the implementation of the treatment plan to support anticipated discharge date.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team to provide education, resources and referrals to patients/families and caretakers.
• Maintains knowledge and ethical practices concerning patient rights, confidentiality, self-determination.
• Facilities conferences to enhance communication between providers and the patients and family.
• Assures that psychosocial and socioeconomic needs are addressed in the treatment and/or discharge plan.
• Understands and applies appropriate, culturally competent interventions related to death and dying and to decision making issues at the end-of-life.
• Ability to be at work and on time.
• Ability to follow company policies, procedures and directives.
• Ability to interact in a positive and constructive manner.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.