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Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a s well as stand -alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid E mergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton . We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore . Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
Disability and Life Insurance options
On Site Child Care
Educational Reimbursement
Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location: Kent Campus Hospital

Status: Full Time 80 Hours

Shift: Days

SALARY RANGE: 29.76 - 46.12HOURLY

General Summary:

Provides social work service and discharge planning to patient population across the continuum of illness. Promotes effective utilization and seamless transition to post-acute care. Collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community agencies to develop and implement plans to address identified needs.

Responsibilities:

1. Coordinates, organizes, and facilitates the delivery of social service needs identified within the multidisciplinary plan of care. Responds to social services consults within 24 hours.
2. Assesses the social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations, as well as, disposition needs, for each assigned patient.
3. Collaborates with patients, families, multidisciplinary healthcare team members and community agencies to develop and implement plans to address identified needs.
4. Maintains knowledge of the defined standards and criteria used in the Utilization Review process.
5. Accurately and completely records all required data and information in the medical record and related record keeping systems.
6. Recognizes urgent utilization and discharge planning issues, including barriers and reports them to Care Management Leadership.
7. Organizes case conferences for issues related to discharge planning. Attends all departmental and discharge planning related meetings, as assigned.
8. Maintains current knowledge of community and State resources.
9. Assists and mentors BSW level discharge planning specialists to provide social work services and discharge planning.
10. Maintains productivity, as prescribed by departmental leadership.
11. Complies with all applicable Bayhealth, CMS, Social Work, State, Federal and National Hospital accreditation laws, policies, procedures, standards of care, guidelines, protocols and regulations.
12. All other duties as assigned, within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

Education: Master Degree
; Related field
;
Credential(s): Licensed Masters Social Worker
; Or Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Experience:
Required: One (1) year experience in social work or case work.

Preferred: Three (3) years’ experience providing social work services in an acute care setting. Knowledge of discharge planning.

Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience: