Role OverviewA Temporary Social Worker at Stony Brook Medicine provides empathic care to patients, families, and visitors, applying principles and practices of their profession to provide integrated social casework, including direct counseling, therapy, advocacy, and other services.
What You Will Do
The duties of a Temporary Social Worker may include psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, coordination with medical teams, charting and documentation, and serving as a liaison between community agencies and the hospital.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Qualified candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, knowledge of patient care, and effectively respond to changing patient needs by making decisions based on ethical principles and adhering to the hospital's high standard of excellence.
Requirements
- MSW from an accredited Social Work Education School
- NYS License within one year of hire
- Experience in Medical Health Care
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work and coordinate with established Medical Treatment Team
- Experience in discharge planning and Long Length of stay barriers and systems
- Experience in Assessment and psycho-social skills
- Working knowledge of Long Island and Metropolitan NY community resources
- Ability to demonstrate patient first, patient advocacy and service excellence
- Computer literate
- Ability to implement and run medical team rounds
- Understanding of community systems, of project management and action planning, of team work and team leader focus and of data collection and statistics
- Demonstrates ability to manage large and complex case loads
- Understands role of SW and Case Management as it pertains to throughput and Length of Stay
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Generous leave
- Health insurance
- Participation in the state pension system
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