Job Description

Job Description

Certification Details

• BLS

Job Details

• Provide social services to patients and their families at OU Health.
• Conduct discharge planning evaluations of patients and/or family members.
• Make psychosocial assessments and communicate findings to hospital staff.
• Counsel patients and others regarding diseases, treatments, social or financial situations, emotional stress, and other problems.
• Conduct high social risk case findings and provide crisis counseling regarding child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, etc.
• Provide crisis intervention services for patients and families.
• Act as a liaison between patients/families and hospital staff and other agencies.
• Evaluate effectiveness of services and adjust patient care as needed.
• Assist in discharge planning and referrals to community services.
• Assist with post hospital placement or transfer to post-acute care facilities.
• Assist patients and families with adjustments to illness, treatment, or changes in functional status.
• Utilize specialized interviewing and communication skills with children.
• Advocate for patients on issues related to informed decision making, end-of-life care, goal setting, and ethical dilemmas.
• May prepare statistics concerning referrals and extended stays.
• May supervise students or newly hired employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Hospital experience preferred.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of social and psychological casework.
• Knowledge of social and welfare resources available in the community and hospital.
• Knowledge of current social and economic conditions, trends, and problems.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret situations and determine appropriate actions.
• Ability to explain technical data in understandable terms to patients, families, and hospital staff.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Additional Details

• Experience: Hospital experience preferred.
• Knowledge of social and psychological casework principles and practices.
• Analytical skills to interpret situations and determine appropriate actions.
• Ability to explain technical data understandably.
• Good interpersonal skills.

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