Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Fulltime/1.0FTE/ STEPS Program Under Healthy Beginnings Plus/ Substance use experience or background preferred

POSITION SUMMARY: Assess the psychosocial needs of patients and families and provide information, support, counseling, care management, and referrals to appropriate resources. Independently provide services to patients in their place of residence in high risk medical and/or social situations. Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and other professionals. Maintains continuity of patient care in all aspects of the STEPS program to promote and facilitate healthy prenatal care and birth outcomes. Participates in developing and implementing programs and initiatives. Asses psychosocial needs for patients with substance use (SUD) disorder.

Essential Functions

• Completes in-home comprehensive psychosocial assessment of patients and reports findings to the HBP care coordinator, physicians, and other healthcare providers as appropriate.
• Makes home visits to fully understand the environment, social and/or physical, that produces stress for the patient during pregnancy and assess the need for additional social work services.
• Maintains open communication with members of the health care team.
• Provides age-appropriate education in collaboration with other members of the health care team as relevant to the psychosocial needs of the patient.
• Assists patient/family to access resources related to insurance/financial need for their medical care.
• Delivers needed items from community resources to the client’s home, including but not exclusively, car seats, pack in plays, food, infant care items.
• Assists patient/family to understand and carry out medical recommendations and solve problems that interfere with a treatment care plan.
• Develops and maintains relationships with a wide variety of community agencies and facilitates communication between these agencies and patients, families and clinical personnel.
• Utilizes appropriate community resources.
• Acts as a patient advocate. Investigates and reports adverse occurrences, and performs staff education related to resource utilization and psychosocial aspects of healthcare delivery.
• Documents the delivery of social work services to comply with regulatory requirements, agency policy, procedures and standards of practice.
• Displays time management and organizational skills.
• Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
  
  

Secondary Functions

• Participates in mandatory in-services and educational activities as required.
• Accountable for utilization and practice of system thinking, teamwork and customer service.
• Follows all agency policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MSW) from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• Two (2) years of social work experience
• Use of personal vehicle, valid PA driver’s license and auto insurance
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of hospital social work
• Home visitation experience
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.