LMSW-Social Work

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. Conduct assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs through intensive interviewing of patient and family members, conferring with interdisciplinary team and reviewing medical records.

Communicate findings, plan to interdisciplinary team and documents assessment, plan and interventions in medical records.

Provide crises intervention and supportive counseling for individuals experiencing a temporary or situational problem.

Assess cases of suspected elder, child, sexual or domestic abuse or neglect.

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.

Identify patients in assigned caseload with complex social and medical issues through case finding and referral process.

Evaluate financial assistance needs and eligibility and directs 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.

Licensed Master Social Worker through the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners.

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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.