Emergency Department Social Worker

Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora St Lukes Medical Center, United Kingdom
$30.70 - $46.05 ph
Psychosocial assessment and intervention
Discharge planning and coordination
Multi-disciplinary team collaboration
Provides comprehensive social work services including psychosocial assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for patients and families within the emergency department

Job Summary

  • Provides comprehensive social work services including psychosocial assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for patients and families within the emergency department.
  • Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary healthcare team to ensure safe and timely coordination of care, connecting patients with essential community resources and post-acute providers.
  • Advocates for patient involvement in care planning and facilitates resolution of issues impacting continuity of care, while managing patient progression to optimize length of stay and decrease readmissions.

Matching Summary

Provides comprehensive social work services including psychosocial assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for patients and families within the emergency department.

Salary

$30.70 - $46.05

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • psychosocial assessment and intervention
  • discharge planning and coordination
  • multi-disciplinary team collaboration
  • community resource knowledge
  • patient advocacy

Nice-to-have

  • ethical issue support
  • advance directive education
  • legal proceedings participation
  • student/new staff orientation

Key Requirements

  • Master’s degree in social work
  • 1 year of social work experience in healthcare
  • IL-LSW Eligible or WI-Social Work Certification

Work Rights

Not specified

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