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About this Medical Social Worker - Social Services - Sharp Memorial Hospital - Per Diem - Variable Shift role at Sharp HealthCare

Sharp HealthCare · Onsite · San Diego, CA

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$47.060 - $60.730 - $68.020


 

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices. 


 


What You Will Do
To provide consultation, and psychosocial counseling and support services to the Sharp Health Care customer base. To mobilize patients and families personal and environmental resources to receive maximum benefits of medical care and achieve the fullest personal and family functioning.

Required Qualifications
  • Master's Degree In Social Work.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Hospital experience.
  • California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - CA Board of Behavioral Sciences -PREFERRED

Essential Functions
  • Assess the psychosocial needs
    Completes psychosocial assessments.
    Identifies the key clinical issues such as grief and loss, adjustment to illness, psychiatric concerns with attention paid to the developmental milestones and life transitions that can impact functioning.
  • Communication
    Documents assessment finding per department guidelines.
    Consult with team members in development of treatment plans
    Maintains ongoing communication with multi-disciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up.
    Documents ongoing progress with patients/families in the appropriate section of the medical record as required by policy and regulatory agencies.
    Attends rounds in major practice areas.
    Documents consultation, recommendations, interventions and treatment plans.
    Identifies and communicates needs for patient care conferences.
    Arranges / participates in patient care conference for difficult/high-risk psychosocial cases to enhance resolution of identified issues and promotes understanding of patient.
  • Community resource
    Utilizes and Refers to internal resources of hospital and community resources that can assist patients and families.
    Facilitates the timely discharge of patients.
    Provides referral to patients and families for ongoing community services/support after leaving hospital.
  • Consultation and support
    Consults and intervenes in crisis situations.
    Assists staff in de-escalating volatile situations.
    Educates other staff in handling Code Green situations.
    Coordinates and facilitates critical incident debriefings
    Develops nursing education to increase staff knowledge.
  • Patient advocate
    Encourages patient and family participation in the decision making process.
    Reports all mandatory protective concerns such as Elder Abuse, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence as required by law.
    Protects pt privacy by maintaining confidentiality.
    Keeps current with regulatory and legal requirements regarding pt privacy and confidentiality standards.
    Identifies bio-ethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response
  • Patient goals and intervention
    Develops and implements treatment goals which address identified needs.
    Practices appropriate boundary setting with clients.
    Demonstrates sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity.
    Effective at crisis intervention and problem solving techniques and is a resource to others in these areas.
    Seeks resources when faced with unusual or new situations.
    Utilizes appropriate treatment modalities including individual, conjoint, and group.
  • Plan of care
    Evaluates pt/family response to interventions.
    Revises care provided to patients/families.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class


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How this Social Worker salary compares

This role pays $53,895/yr — below the typical range for Social Worker roles.

$53,677 median $62,525 $121,440

Typical range $58,085–$112,500/yr, from 9 comparable Social Worker listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Social Worker salary insights →

About Sharp HealthCare

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affili

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