Social Worker MSW

Social Worker MSW

Provides direct social work services including assessment, treatment planning, intervention, counseling, and recommendations to individual patients (adolescents, adults, elder) and their families/significant others and/or groups of patients. Is knowledgeable in areas such as active listening, social perceptiveness, critical thinking, and coordination. The social worker has the ability to carry the role of advisor, therapist, administrator and clinician.

CHI St. Joseph Health Cancer Center – College Station/Bryan TX Since 1936 CHI St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in Bryan College Station Brenham Hearne Navasota Caldwell Madisonville and Bellville. With the area’s only Level II Trauma Center the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley; CHI St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system CHI St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 20 ambulatory clinics featuring primary care a freestanding Emergency Room Express Clinics and imaging and diagnostic services.

• Conduct and document psychosocial assessment of patients. 
• Share responsibility in identifying appropriate decision makers if patient is without capacity, educating all in patients’ rights and encouraging participation in decision-making and care. 
• Provide liaison services and referrals to hospital resources and community agencies, including medication assistance programs. 
• Identifies mental health needs of patients and provides counseling and referral as indicated. 
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team members to ensure continuity and coordination of patient care throughout the continuum and into the community by coordinating placement with home health agencies, long term acute hospitals (LTACs), skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and assisted living facilities, nursing home placement, acute rehab, psych placement, and custodial care facilitation.
• Serves as a resource to the patient, family, and healthcare tem regarding emotional and behavioral issues and refers to community services available to adolescent, adults and elders. 
• Remains current of Medicare and Medicaid laws and guidelines, Medicare Conditions of Participation, managed care contracts, and other legal and regulatory requirements as they relate to health care social work services. Assures patients are informed of rights and responsibilities as participants in these programs.

Required Education and Experience

• Education:  Master’s Degree, Social Work.

Required Licensure and Certifications

• Licensed Master Social Work.