SOCIAL WORKER (LCSW/LICSW)

The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) is a 395-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC, next to the Foggy Bottom metro. GW Hospital serves a diverse group of patients - from residents to our nation's leaders. As an academic medical center, GW Hospital has the resources and clinical expertise necessary to provide specialized, complex care. This expertise includes cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women's health, trauma, and advanced surgery including robotic and minimally invasive surgery.

GW Hospital is jointly owned and operated by George Washington University and a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation's largest healthcare management companies. The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), adjacent to the hospital, is the 11th oldest medical center in the country and the first in the nation's capital.

The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research.

We are currently seeking the following:

Social Worker - ARU

• Fulfills the needs of patients, families, and community by providing Social Work services in accordance with his/her licensure, certification, training, and regulatory requirements. Assumes the responsibility for coordinating and facilitating services for patients during and subsequent to admission to the acute rehabilitation unit.
• Conducts discharge planning, coordination of care, and other planning and counseling activities to effectively move the patient through the continuum of care in a cost-effective and resource efficient manner.
• Responds effectively to new and changing work assignments.
• The social worker follows ARU patients upon admission to the unit (completing a thorough Unit Program Orientation and introduction to Social Work discharge planning role upon) through discharge.
• The Social Worker's Discharge Planning and Case Management tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Facilitating coordination of continued rehabilitation and after discharge, such as home health therapies, outpatient rehabilitation or continuing care centers (such as Long-Term Care Centers and Skilled Nursing Facilities)
• Supporting medical team(s) in coordination of community health care needs such as home nursing care, IV therapies, wound care, outpatient hemodialysis, etc.
• Coordinating/ordering durable medical equipment
• Supporting patients and family to locate various community and insurance related benefits/resources.
• Scheduling and facilitating family meetings, as needed.
• Keeping track of medical insurance benefits and authorization for stay in inpatient rehab, updating insurance providers- seeking additional authorization when it is needed.
• Participating in 3x weekly interdisciplinary team meetings and collaborating with medical and therapy teams to support discharge planning process, including advocating for patient/family needs and preferences.
• Providing bedside coping and adjustment support to patients and families
• Keeping patients and family members updated to discharge planning tasks and progress throughout rehab course.

The position also offers opportunity to expand the unit's psychosocial support with the re-introduction of a coping skills/adjustment group and for social work participation in additional groups (Stroke and Amputee groups).

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries! * More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work

• Master's degree in social work preferred

• Three years' experience in acute care or other related healthcare field is preferred.

• Utilization Review/Management and/or Case Management Certification preferred.

• Previous experience in case management and/or discharge planning is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written

• Effective interpersonal skills

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Ability to adapt to multiple and changing priorities

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

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