Onsite Social Worker - Emergency Room (SSM) - St. Louis, MO
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 19, 2023
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Job Description:
$5,000 Sign On Bonus For External Candidates
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by
technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The
work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by
connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and
resources they need to feel their best. Come make an impact on the
communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global
scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits,
a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth
opportunities and your life's best work.SM
In 2021, Optum and SSM Health announced a new strategic
collaboration to create a sustainable, affordable, quality system
of care that is easy to access and keeps people healthy. Through
knowledge sharing, best-in-class tools and technology, and enhanced
clinical and operational performance, together Optum and SSM Health
will focus on transforming health care for all. Whether you work
with us in providing direct patient care, serving a meal, or
helping patients in countless other ways, you will be playing a
role in transforming health care through compassion and healing.
Bring your unique talents to a team that will empower you to do
your best as you take on a rewarding role that leads to your life's
best work.SM
The Social Worker is responsible and accountable for coordination
of patient services through an interdisciplinary process, which
provides clinical and psychosocial approach through continuum of
care. Discharge planning will begin at the time of (or prior to)
admission, and reassessed ongoing throughout the course of
hospitalization.
Provides direct social work/case management services to patients
and/or families and hospital staff to ensure needed assessment
intervention, support, and referral. Coordinates services with
other members of the health care team community wide. Respond to
information and referral needs of the community.
The foundation of the Social Worker role includes crisis
intervention, comprehensive understanding of mental health
diagnosis, brief counseling, working collaboratively with community
vendors, identifying resource needs, arrange and facilitate
meetings with the health care team as needed, problem solving and
encouraging patients toward wellness.
Social Work Role sits in Emergency Pediatric
The social worker provides services to children, adolescents, and
young adult patients in the hospital and clinics through the
completion of comprehensive psychosocial assessments and
development of treatment plans in conjunction with the medical team
and other disciplines. The social worker also provides such
interventions as supportive counseling, crisis intervention,
discharge planning and resource referral. Coordination of team case
conferences, testifying in court, and communication with community
agencies is also expected.
This position is full-time (36 hours/week). Employees are required
to have flexibility to work any of our 12-hour shift schedules
between Sunday-Thursday, and the ability to work rotating holidays,
weekends, or nights. It may be necessary, given the business need,
to work occasional overtime. Our office is located at SSM Health
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital 1465 S Grand Blvd St. Louis,
MO 63104.
Primary Responsibilities:
--- Assess the psychosocial needs of all patients/families to
identify and begin to address barriers to treatment, enhance the
patient's health status, increase patient/family satisfaction, and
improve utilization of resources.
--- Interview patients/families on cases involving suspected sexual
and physical abuse.
--- Interview patients/families on cases involving trauma.
--- Coordinate care with outside agencies such as MO Children's
Division, IL Division of Family Services, and local law enforcement
to assure safety of patients.
--- Develop effective working relationships with patients/families
to engage, collaborate, and problem solve to enhance their
functioning and support families.
--- Provide direct social work intervention related to crisis
management, healthcare decision-making, ethical/legal concerns,
child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, financial problems,
compliance issues, as well as other psychosocial barriers to
maximizing health.
--- Provide community resource options.
--- Provide information, consultation, and professional support to
interdisciplinary team members and colleagues within the
department.
--- Maintain timely, clear, and concise documentation.
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an
environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on
what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide
development for other roles you may be interested in
Required Qualifications:
--- Master's Degree (or higher) in Social Work
--- 4+ years of social work experience, specifically in child
crisis intervention, child protection or a hospital setting.
--- Ability to work three 12-hour night shifts between Sunday -
Thursday
--- Ability to work rotating holidays and weekends
--- Ability to work onsite at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon
Children's Hospital 1465 S Grand Blvd St. Louis, MO 63104
--- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to
ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential
job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications:
--- Experience in healthcare industry.
--- Pediatric ER experience
--- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical
Social Worker (LCSW) from the State of Missouri
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and
communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate
companies required all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination
status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and
locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as
an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all
federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well
as client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the
necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure
compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job
functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet
the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an
employment offer or termination of employment.
Careers with OptumInsight. Information and technology have amazing
power to transform the Healthcare industry and improve people's
lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help
solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing
information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's
needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be
put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and
lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest
work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place
to do your life's best work.SM
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier
lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We
believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location
and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good
health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color,
historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We
are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and
enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health
disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority
reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information,
or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are
required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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