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Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

Supports the Social Workers and leadership team during the patient's hospitalization working with acute, chronic and long-term stages of illness for a defined patient population. Responsible for development and mentoring of Social Work team.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

In addition to completing all functions of a Social Worker, collaborates with interdisciplinary care team to provide a comprehensive assessment of the patient's plan of care, goal/outcome fulfillment and continued care needs, to include assisting with family meetings. May be responsible for a patient assignment when needed.
Responsible for training new hires, overseeing floor/area workflow, and facilitating coverage for staff schedule. Oversees social work intern program.
Provides hands on support to the team in their assigned area and is the first point of contact for team members.
Work on process improvement projects with leaders, as well as, assisting data and metrics based on the team's performance to update dashboards and visual management lanes in the department.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

Masters Social Work

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - InstructorLCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker GA or LMSW - Lic Master Social Worker GA or MSW - Master Social WorkerGADL - Georgia Driver's License or VSDL - Valid State Driver's LicensePVI - Private Vehicle insurance

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 5 years social work in a hospital setting. Required

Required Minimum Skills:

Strong communication skills
Effective consensus building ability
Effectively engage others at all levels in the organization

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