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Pool Social Worker Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Tampa General Hospital

#Interdisciplinary Team #Patient Care #LCSW #Authorization #Insurance Coverage #Patient Accounts #Tampa General Hospital #Treatment #Social Worker

Quick overview

The role involves providing social work services to patients and families to help them cope with medical conditions and participate in care, while coordinating individualized discharge plans based on medical understanding and resource knowledge. Essential functions include evaluating psychosocial aspects of illness, liaising with external services, ensuring accurate data entry, and monitoring the progress of the care plan.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master's degree in Social Work and hold a current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by Florida or a Compact State. A minimum of three years of experience working within an acute care facility is required for this position.

postgraduate degreeData EntryCare CoordinationLiaisonDischarge PlanningPsychosocial EvaluationDocumentation ComplianceInsurance CoverageClinical InformationSocial Work ServicesTreatment OptimizationPost-Acute Provider Communication

Job description

Provides social work services to patients and families to optimize their ability to benefit from treatment, cope with the realities of their medical condition and participate in their care.
Use their understanding of medical conditions, insurance coverage and how physical/psychosocial injury may affect the patient once a patient leaves the medical setting to plan and initiate an individualized discharge plan.
Provide clinical information to payers and/or post-acute providers in order to obtain authorization for hospitalized patients.
Develops and maintains current knowledge of and liaisons with local, state and federal services that may provide resources to patients and families.
Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.
Essential Functions Coordinates the discharge planning process for all patients.
Evaluates the psychosocial concomitants of illness and trauma and provides social work services to patients and families to optimize their ability to benefit from treatment, cope with the realities of their medical condition and participate in their care.
Develops and maintains current knowledge of and liaisons with local, state and federal services that may provide education and resources to patients and families.
Supports the efforts of HIM and Patient Accounts by ensuring timely, accurate, and complete data entry in multiple information systems/data bases.
Ensures understanding through collaboration with Care Coordinator Physician Services/Interdisciplinary team for review of multidisciplinary plan of care in patient chart (estimated LOS, tentative discharge date, assessed needs for discharge and plan discussed with patient/family).
Ensures attendance at Multidisciplinary Rounds or Huddles and reports on discharge plan status.
Monitors progress toward the goals of the social work/discharge plan of care and revises it in response to changes in patient needs and condition.
Assesses any potential obstacles to discharge (clinical, social, support, home environment) and escalates through appropriate channels to resolution.
Ensures post discharge continuing care plan is transferred to the next level of care and remains compliant with documentation policies.
Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

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