Social Worker 3 - LCSW PRN - Our Lady of the Angels

Provides medical social work services to patients and families in the acute care
setting as well as to the Emergency Services department. This includes
psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, linkage to community resources,
collaboration with other treatment team members, and/or supportive counseling
and crisis intervention. 

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Responsibilities

1.   Clinical Practice and Care Management
a.   Conducts high quality patient and family assessments in order to identify
patient and family needs and long-term discharge needs in a manner sensitive to
the overall health and well-being of the patient.
b.   Provides high quality individual, family/group supportive counseling and
crisis intervention in a sensitive, caring, and professional manner.
c.   Coordinates referrals to long term care facilities. This includes
counseling patients/families regarding need for placement and ensuring that
necessary paperwork is available to the facility.  

2.   Documentation
a.   Explains and discusses the living will and durable power of attorney to
patients and family members in a sensitive and caring manner in accordance with
established hospital policy and procedure.
b.   Follows policies and procedures regarding discharge planning, psychosocial
assessments and chart documentation.   

3.   Communication, Partnership and Collaboration
a.   Coordinates services for home care, equipment and/or community resources
following discharge.
b.   Coordinates referrals for hospital-to-hospital transfers and rehabilitation
centers.
c.   Promotes the provision of compassionate health care services by
communicating and interpreting patient and family concerns to staff members
through discharge planning meeting, treatment team meeting and/or consultation.
d.   Observes and adheres to all departmental and hospital policies and
procedures, and follows all safety, quality assurance, and infection control
standards.
e.   Demonstrates professional judgment in reporting cases of suspected abuse or
neglect while maintaining patient and family member confidentiality.
f.   Acts as an information and referral source by developing cooperative
agreements with community agencies and services in an effort to meet patient
needs.
g.   Works with other members of the treatment team to ensure discharge needs
and timely discharges.   

4.   Professional Development
a.   Promotes the quality and efficiency of own performance through
participation in staff educational programs, approved continuing education
courses, and specialized skill training programs.
b.   Performs other duties as assigned or requested.      

Qualifications

Experience

Some previous experience in social work

Education

Master's Degree

Licensure

Louisiana State Board of Board Certified Social Work Examiners; Certification
and BLS Certification

Our Lady of the Angels Hospital is part of FMOL Health. The health system was
organized in 1984 to unite three existing hospitals in Louisiana which were
already part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady's mission of extending
the healthcare of Jesus Christ to those most in need. Headquartered in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, the health system serves patients across the State of
Louisiana through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing
and integrated information systems and currently employs over 10,000
individuals.

Our Lady of the Angels Hospital’s exceptional team members put their hearts and
souls into serving the Washington Parish community all day, every day. They
appreciate the trust that the community places in them, and they strive to
continually offer enhanced innovation and expanded access to quality healthcare,
close to home.