Social Worker-Inpatient
Core
Provide psychosocial support, counseling, and crisis intervention to inpatients and families coping with emotional or physical problems, while coordinating care and supervising students.
Role type
Inpatient social worker (clinical IC)
Builds
Psychosocial assessments, care plans, and interdisciplinary patient outcomes
Domain
Healthcare / Social Work
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, care plan development, resource coordination, student supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration, data analysis, advocacy, bereavement counseling, policy development
Preferred skills
Knowledge of medical/legal issues, community agency liaison, performance improvement initiatives
Technologies
Personal computers, related software applications
Responsibilities
Conduct and document detailed psychosocial assessments to interpret patient/family needs; Reassess and monitor needs and interventions to evaluate care plan effectiveness; Provide or supervise plan of care interventions including therapy, counseling, and referrals; Collaborate with healthcare teams to facilitate interdisciplinary care; Participate in performance improvement initiatives including data collection and policy development; Act as a liaison to financial counseling and community agencies; Serve as a field instructor for social work students and provide supervision to LMSWs.