This 500-bed state-of-the-art hospital in Houston is looking for a full-time, permanent Social Worker. 

About the facility 

- Join a team of highly trained healthcare professionals who offer world-class care.

- Named as a Top Workplace for 10 consecutive years by the Houston Chronicle (based on survey responses from employees, as well as company values, culture, leadership, and benefits)

- Rated highly based on values and meaningful work

- Comprehensive benefits package

Descriptions

- The Licensed Master Social Worker systematically intervenes to provide clinical social work and complex discharge planning to patients and their families who have complex psychosocial needs.

- S/he offers crisis intervention and/ or mental health assessment and facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan of care for high-risk patient populations.

- S/he participates in an interdisciplinary team (including Physicians, Case Managers, Staff Nurses and other members of the care team) to provide services for individuals from at-risk populations and ensure that psychosocial issues are attended to and treated as required across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

- Current license as a Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Texas required

- Graduate of an accredited Master of Social Work program (MSW)

- Field placement or internship in health services/health care provider experience

- Working knowledge of DSM V and ICD-10 manuals

Nice-to-haves:

- ACM certification from American Case Management Association (ACMA) preferred

- Acute inpatient hospital social work experience preferred

- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in social work assessment and treatment of patients for mental health status and substance abuse screening

- Excellent therapeutic communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians and health care team colleagues

- Working knowledge and/or experience in utilization management, managed care, and payer issues