Social Worker
Core
Provides social work clinical services, including transfer management and discharge planning, to individuals and families in the Emergency Department.
Role type
Clinical social worker (Emergency Department)
Builds
Discharge plans, transfer management, rehabilitation plans
Domain
Healthcare / Emergency Medicine
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
psycho-social assessment, counseling, discharge planning, transfer management, community resource coordination, case management, policy development, staff consultation
Preferred skills
supervision of support staff, teaching medical students and residents, performance evaluation
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Evaluate psycho-social status of patients and families; provide counseling and direct services; coordinate discharge and transfer plans; consult inpatient staff on psychosocial issues; establish relationships with community agencies; orient medical students and staff to psycho-social aspects of illness; supervise lower-level staff and students; complete case documentation and correspondence.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
