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Social Worker Medical

Penrose Hospital

#Patient Care #Healthcare #Crisis Intervention #Social Work #Acute Care #LSW #CSWE #Medical Social Work #Clinical Social Work

Quick overview

Perform social work assessments and interventions for patients in the hospital and emergency department. Responsibilities include crisis intervention, brief counseling, and arranging post-acute placement for complex discharges.

Requirements summary

Requires a Master's degree from a CSWE-accredited school of social work and an LSW license. Candidates need at least one year of post-MSW experience or a clinical/medical internship.

postgraduate degreeCrisis InterventionPatient InterventionClinical Social WorkResource ReferralBrief CounselingSocial Work AssessmentPost-acute PlacementHigh-risk Screening

Job description

Where You’ll Work Penrose - St.
Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St.
Francis Hospital and St.
Francis Hospital - Interquest.
Penrose Hospital serves as the anchor hospital of Penrose-St.
Francis Health Services with 300-licensed beds and the ability to provide tertiary (high tech) medical-surgical services with an emphasis on elective and outpatient care.
Established in 1890, Penrose Hospital has grown to become a major health treatment and referral center, specializing in cancer care, cardiac care, emergency trauma care and physical rehabilitation.
It's an incredible time to join us as we are a proud Magnet Hospital with designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care.
With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.
Job Summary and Responsibilities You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work.
We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.
This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.
The Masters Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for hospitalized and emergency department patients.
The functions of the Masters Social Worker include: crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high-risk screening, brief counseling, referrals for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified.
Job Requirements In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following: Master’s degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education 1-Year Post-MSW experience or Social Work internship in a clinical or medical setting.
LSW (Required) Preferred Minimum 3-Year Post-MSW healthcare experience Physical Demand Level: Light

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