Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

About the Role Your job is more than a job. You’re a life preserver for countless patients because, as a Social Worker, you’re the hub of your patients’ multidisciplinary team advocating, assessing, counseling, and supporting individual psychosocial needs and discharge planning resources for complex medical problems. As your patient’s clinical care partner with expertise in care management, you’re a critical asset along the care journey identifying and overcoming barriers and offering resource options, in particular for chronically ill and end-of-life care. Through it all, you remain positive, upbeat and dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes. In the midst of emotional and physical pain and vulnerability, you’re a sanctuary of support and understanding as you celebrate the small victories. If it were your loved one, you’d expect nothing less, so you give so much more. We love that about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. Responsibilities Conduct everyday conduct assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs through intensive interviewing of patient and family members, conferring with the interdisciplinary team and reviewing medical records. Evaluate coping skills, cognitive and intellectual functioning, support systems, resources, and other factors that could affect responses to illness, treatment, and discharge plan. Identify barriers and plan interventions to overcome or lessen barriers to achieve outcomes as evidenced by treatment plan. Communicate findings and plan to the interdisciplinary team and document assessment, plan, and interventions in medical records. Provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling for individuals experiencing a temporary or situational problem. Assess cases of suspected elder, child, sexual or domestic abuse or neglect and comply with required reporting according to state law and hospital policy. Refer patients/families to appropriate community agencies for further intervention or counseling such as palliative or hospice services as needed and facilitate family meetings to help with decision making when there is disagreement or lack of clarity around goals of care and plan of care. Facilitate interactions between staff and DCFS/EPS or other agencies. Identify patients in assigned caseload with complex social and medical issues through case‑finding and referral process. Review caseload with manager to share findings, needs, barriers and progress to discharge. Evaluate financial assistance needs and eligibility and direct patients/family to appropriate community agencies which can assist in meeting financial needs, or providing food, shelter, transportation or other services. Maintain a working knowledge of payor reimbursement requirements for post‑hospital services and community resources. Demonstrate knowledge of legal rights, advance directives and patient rights with ability to counsel/educate patients/families regarding patient rights, decision making and formulating advance directives. Qualifications Master’s degree and Licensed Master Social Worker through the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners. Strong assessment skills and experience with interdisciplinary collaboration. Ability to manage complex caseloads and provide case finding and referral processes. Knowledge of financial assistance and community resource navigation. Familiarity with payor reimbursement requirements, legal rights and patient advance directives. Experience with crisis intervention, supportive counseling, and elder, child, sexual or domestic abuse cases with knowledge of legal reporting requirements. Work Shift: Days (United States of America) LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr 100 LCMC Health