Social Worker
Company: Dignity Health
Location: arroyo grande
Posted on: May 3, 2021
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Job Description:
Dignity Health Central Coast is comprised of five hospitals, all
recognized for their quality of care, safety and service, primary
care offices, premier ambulatory surgery centers, technologically
advanced imaging centers, outpatient services and comprehensive
home health services. Hospitals in the Dignity Health Central Coast
region include Arroyo Grande Community Hospital in Arroyo Grande,
French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Marian Regional
Medical Center in Santa Maria, St. Johns Pleasant Valley Hospital
in Camarillo and St. Johns Regional Medical Center in Oxnard. Each
hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to
provide additional funding to support new programs and services, as
well as to advance the communitys access to health care. For more
information, visit: www.dignityhealth.org/centralcoast Position Summary: The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for performing social
work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients,
outpatients and emergency department patients. They are dedicated
to patient and family centered care that values personal
self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at
once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical
problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team,
they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans
that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact
individual patients, families and at risk populations. Clinical
Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all
healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans
that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual
patients and the medical community. The functions of the Clinical
Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient /family
intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for
financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and
facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health
care team as needed, assist in post acute placement on complex
discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community
resources when high risk patients are identified. The Clinical
Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships
with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies,
community resources, patients and families. The position will be
required to serve on hospital committees and take part in
developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff. Requirements:
Keywords: Dignity Health, Santa Maria , Social Worker, Other , arroyo grande, California
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