Social Worker - Hemodialysis - Part Time, Days

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to theKnapp Cardiac Care Center-an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility-as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker - Part Time, Days - Hemodialysis Hospital - - Monday - Friday with Alternating Weeken.

In this role, the successful candidate Assesses the needs of and provides assistance to patients and their significant others. Works with the interdisciplinary team to prepare a plan of care. Prepares and updates social work case records. Directs patients to appropriate community resources.

Job Responsibilities:

PROVISION OF DIRECT SOCIAL WORK SERVICES

• Interviews patients/significant others to obtain psycho-social assessment.
• Maintains social work narratives/documentation including nature of problem, short and long term goals, intervention and progress.
• Makes home visits to provide support, social work services, bereavement counseling.

COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHER INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS

• Obtains necessary medical, nursing and other staff insights from appropriate personnel and/or medical records to assist in meeting and determining patient's needs.
• Communicates with other team members exchanging information re: social, emotional and environmental problems, which may affect patients' response to treatment.
• Attends and organizes case conference as needed to resolve problems or share information.

PROVIDES CONCRETE SOCIAL WORK SERVICES

• Provides advice and guidance to patients to resolve social, emotional and long range financial problems associated with illness, disability, family conflict, etc.
• Directs patients to designated community services for financial assistance, long term family counseling and so forth.

PARTICIPATES IN AGENCY WIDE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

• Maintains current knowledge of social work trends in home care by reading appropriate journals and utilizing other resources.
• Participates on the Performance Improvement Committee.
• Assists in orienting and training new personnel and serves as a resource for other personnel in resolving patient care problems.
• Attends monthly staff meetings.
• Participates on departmental committees.
• Exhibits a working knowledge of the departments' performance improvement functions by understanding and gathering data for studies and the like.
• Complies with Department of Health regulations regarding care to patients and documentation of it as to not put the agency into a deficiency mode.
• Accepts assignments based on demonstrated competency to provide care to age and gender specific population.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Masters degree in Social Work.
Current New York State license to practice Social Work.
Prior experience in Community Health/Hospice.
Knowledgeable re: federal, state and local regulations.
Discharge planning experience.
Interpersonal skills.
Ability to provide own transportation. Must possess a New York State Drivers license.
Ability to read understand and interpret map..

Required Licenses: Licensed Social Worker - NYS

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $40.34 - $47.61 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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