Social Worker

Overview
$7,500 Sign-On Bonus and eligible for up to $10,000 Student Loan Assistance!!!
At CHI Health Midlands we proudly serve Sarpy County and surrounding areas in Nebraska with patient-focused care. When designing our facility we kept the patient viewpoint in mind setting a tone for a more comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. We provide our patients with some of the highest quality scores in the country in heart and vascular, emergency and surgical care. Also we offer high quality care in diagnostics/radiology, womens care, home care, orthopedics, sleep and breathing disorders.
As our Social Worker you will provide direct social work services including assessment, treatment planning, intervention, counseling, and recommendations to individual patients and their families/significant others and/or groups of patients. You will be knowledgeable in areas such as active listening, social perceptiveness, critical thinking, and coordination.
Responsibilities

• Conduct and document psychosocial assessment of patients
• Share responsibility in identifying appropriate decision makers if the patient is without capacity, educating all patient's rights and encouraging participation in decision-making and care
• Provide liaison services and referrals to hospital resources and community agencies, including medication assistance programs
• Identifies mental health needs of patients and provides counselling and referral as indicated
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team members to ensure continuity and coordination of patient care throughout the continuum and into the community. Informs other members of the health care team about the factors that may affect the patient's health and well-being
• Serves as a resource to patient, family, and healthcare team regarding emotional and behavioral issues and refers to community services available to adolescents, adults, and elders
• Remains current of Medicare and Medicaid laws and guidelines, Medicare conditions of participation, managed care contracts, and other legal and regulatory requirements as the relate to healthcare social work services. Assures patients are informed of rights and responsibilities as participants in these programs

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Qualifications
Required Education for Staff Job Levels
Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree from a Council of Social Work Education accredited School of Social Work
Required Licenses/Certifications: Current/Active Certification to practice Social Work in the State of Nebraska is required