Job Summary:

MedStar Health is looking for a Team Leader Social Work to join our team! 

The Team Leader Social Work assesses, plans, and coordinates services and resources for patients and families to meet needs and/or provide for timely discharge. Assists the Director in managing the daily departmental operations with the goal of maintaining adequate staffing levels and efficient workflow. Assists in ensuring that specific disciplines are represented in the department's decision-making process. Acts as a resource and mentor to staff.

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Primary Duties:

• Assists the Director in monitoring performance issues. Contributes to the performance evaluation process by giving feedback to the Director and helping create professional development plans for Social Work staff members. Collaborates with and completes referrals to appropriate community agencies for assistance based on patient need. Initiates referrals in a timely manner. Uses responses to help patients resume life in the community and/or adjust to lifestyle changes. Completes psychosocial history or socioeconomic assessmentin a timely manner per policy standards when referred by healthcare team or asdetermined by high-risk indicators.

• Coordinates the completion of requisite forms by doctors, patients, and patients' families for any services required in a timely, thorough, andaccurate manner. Develops andmaintains information on community resources and referral requirements based on patient population asidentified in the unit scope of practice. Documents activities in medical records per policy standards. Maintains statistical data asrequired. Facilitates communication between the patient and family and the healthcare team. Assesses and communicates the patient's social, cultural, emotional, and economic problems to medical staff and other healthcare providers as needed.

• Identifies departmental performance improvement opportunities and demonstrates a solution-oriented approach in addressing those issues. Manages the department in the Director's absence. Keeps Director informed about issues related to staffing and problem areas. Keeps Director informed about issues related to quality, risk, patient/family issues and concerns, allocation of resources, and vendor/payor issues. Monitors and arranges for adequate staffing to ensure appropriate Social Work coverage for units. Monitors daily workflow issues and addresses issues related to same in collaboration with Director, as necessary.

• Organizes individual workload and sets appropriate priorities based on patient's medical plan, patient's needs, and policy and procedures. Orients and/or supervises staff and students as assigned. Oversees the orientation of new Social Work hires by establishing the plan and monitoring progress with other staff, as needed. Participates in multidisciplinary care coordination rounds and collaborates with internal and external health care providers, patients, and families to develop a comprehensive discharge plan, as necessary.

• Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams, including consistent attendance and participation in LOS meetings. Participates in chart audits, as requested. Provides crisis intervention and management when necessary. Provides therapeutic intervention with patients and family including individual marital, parental, family, and group therapies

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in social work.

• 3-4 years Social Work; hospital experience.

• LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure in the State of Maryland.

• LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker preferred.