Clinical Social Worker, MSW, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Per Diem, Days

Clinical Social Worker

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Clinical Social Worker, MSW is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of special research studies related to the provisions of social services, counseling, leadership and policy development while working with adult and pediatric patients. The functions both within the hospital setting and in the satellite clinics.

Responsibilities:

• Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary staff to design and implement appropriate treatment plans, including discharge plans.
• Provides professional counseling and therapeutic intervention to patients and/or families utilizing age specific treatment modalities.
• Collaborates with community agencies which provide services for patients and their families. Leads or co-leads patients groups as needed. Submits statistical reports as required.
• Participates in orientation and training of social work and interdisciplinary staff. Participates on research projects as required for program planning and evaluation. Maintains current knowledge of social work practice including specific knowledge of age related bio-psychosocial issues. Participates in Committees as assigned.
• Supervises students. Provides coverage as assigned. Participates in hospital, departmental and unit meetings. Performs other related duties as required.
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).

Experience:

Generally requires 3 to 5 years of related experience.

Education:

Master's degree in Social Work is required.

Credentials:

BLS certification is required only for staff who provide bedside care or perform physical clinical interventions with patients

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