Social Worker LCSW

Overview

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital provides state-of-the-art health care to the North State communities. This award-winning facility is a member of the Dignity Health system of health care providers and is a not-for-profit medical center. Located in picturesque Tehama County St. Elizabeth offers 76 licensed beds a trauma level III emergency department comprehensive surgical services and a progressive Family Birth Center. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a Truven 100 Top Hospital in the Nation for seven consecutive years and has built a reputation for excellence in orthopedics family-centered maternity care and emergency services. St. Elizabeth is a sister facility to Mercy Medical Center Redding and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta and is committed to providing the highest quality compassionate care available. For more information visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/stelizabethhospital.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The incumbent is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for patients. The incumbent is dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, the incumbent will perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations. The incumbent is responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community. The functions of the position includes crisis intervention, patient /family intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, assist in post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified. The incumbent establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license
• Master's degree from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• Previous social work experience required
• Social work skills, including assessment, counseling, crisis intervention and referral
• Public relation skills to maintain an effective liaison between the hospital and community referral resources required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a healthcare clinic preferred