Behavioral Medicine Health Social Worker - OP Behavioral Medicine - CBO - Full Time - Days
- Norwood, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide psycho-social counseling and other therapeutic interventions for patient/family.
- Provides education and crisis management for patient and family.
- Facilitate healthcare decision making.
- Provide psychosocial intervention for; neglect/abuse, adjustment to illness, bereavement, non-compliance and other psychosocial barriers to diagnosis and treatment and compliance.
- Provide referral and linkage to health care and community resources.
- Advocate, mediate and negotiate a cohesive plan for maintaining or improving social supports and patient safety.
- Develop, monitor, evaluate effectiveness of, and modify care plan as needed.
- Assist with the development of behavioral health brief intervention model in the primary care setting
- Use technology to facilitate scheduled and on demand consultations with providers and patients.
- Provide clear, concise, objective written communication about the psychosocial assessment, treatment plan, progress of intervention and outcomes in compliance with regulatory and department standards.
- Document interventions in a timely manner.
- Assist with the development of reporting metrics to monitor effectiveness of interventions
- Identify psycho-social barriers to treatment.
- Identify psychosocial impacts of illness/hospitalization on the patient and family.
- Identify chemical dependency and/or mental illness.
- Identify patient/family/community support systems.
- Identify age related/developmental issues.
- Identify patient/family environmental risk factors (abuse, homelessness, domestic violence, etc.)
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to enhance quality of care and efficiency.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with healthcare team and community agencies and services.
- Participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds, care conferences and family conferences.
- Assist interdisciplinary team in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to illness.
- Identify barriers in service delivery systems and advocate for change.
- Provide education to interdisciplinary team members
- Evaluate patient outcomes and participate in process improvement.
- Assist in departmental planning, serve on committees and task forces and assume responsibility for delegated projects.
- Provide mandatory and/or voluntary cross coverage when needed.
- Participate in orientation of new staff.
- Generate and support ideas to improve service delivery.
- Identify complex clinical cases and seeks supervision when appropriate
- Provide supervision to LSW