Northwestern Medicine
LCSW-Social Worker Obstetrics Part-time Days
Huntley, IL, United States · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 hours ago
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About the role
- At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace.
- Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers.
- Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates and leads care conferences on patients with length of stays greater than 7 days.
- Documents unusual occurrences and patient relations issues; makes appropriate referrals to risk management, infection control and quality departments.
- Maintains current knowledge of resources available in the community to support a continuum of effective services for the patient.
- Delivers notice of Medicare discharge appeal rights within the appropriate time frame.
- Delivers detailed notice of discharge upon discharge appeal for social work cases
- Develops and educates staff to reduce length of stay and resource consumption while maintaining quality of care.
- Provides emotional support and counseling to patients and their families to assist them in coping with illness, hospitalizations, the dying process, and financial management.
- Performs crisis intervention with patient and family situations; responds to crisis situations in the ER and ICU.
Requirements
- Master's degree in social work
Benefits
- from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees.
- The OB Social Worker will focus of providing assessments, resources and mental health support/education for patients and families in labor & delivery, postpartum and special care nursery (SCN).
- Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.
- Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus.
- This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry.
- As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system.
- Develops individualized treatment plans for patients, in collaboration with the patient, their family and the health care team.
- Coordinates transfer to appropriate level of care such as skilled care, rehabilitation, custodial and home health care for complex care.
- Documents discharge planning on the interdisciplinary plan of care, in progress notes and education record (when applicable).
- Performs medical record review to assess for appropriateness of admissions and continued hospital stay for assigned patients.
- Distributes hospital issued non coverage notices.
- Collaborates with physicians and other healthcare personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient's health problems.
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