Social Worker

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Social Worker you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Grand Strand Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

We are committed to providing benefits that matter to nurses. At Grand Strand Medical Center, our benefits package offers eligible colleagues an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Flexible Spending
• Paid Time Off (
  PTO) and Personal Leave

• 401K(100% annual match - 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)

• Academic Assistanceand
  Reimbursementsfor Tuition and Student Loans

• Employee Discountsincluding Tickets, Retail, Mental Health Apps, Education Apps, Identity Theft Protection etc.

• Home,
  Auto, and
  Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (
  ESPP)

• Short Term&
  Long Term Disabilitycoverage

• AdoptionAssistance

• Legal Benefitsand lots more!

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Grand Strand Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Social Worker for our department will provide clinical expertise to ensure all patients receive high-quality, efficient care. Our dynamic team works hard to support each other and to ensure the delivery of excellent patient care. In this role you will have the ability to positively impact and improve lives.

What you will do in this role:

· You will facilitate the interdisciplinary plan of care with a focus on evaluating the appropriateness of clinical care, medical necessity, admission status, level of care, and resource management.

· You will coordinate activities that promote quality outcomes and patient throughput while supporting a balance of optimal care and appropriate resource utilization.

· You will identify potential barriers to patient throughput and quality outcomes

· You will evaluate the psychosocial needs of patients and family support systems and coordinate appropriate discharge plans for identified patient populations.

· You will act as a liaison between the facility and resources external to the organization.

· You will help with the facilitation and implementation of timely discharge plans and facilitate follow-up to anticipated post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care

· You will provide crisis intervention and support to patient/family support systems.

What Qualifications you will need:

· Licensure as a LMSW is required, LCSW is highly preferred

· Master’s degree in Social Work Required

· 3-5 years of experience in hospital patient care preferred

At Grand Strand Health, you'll find that caring extends to our patients, our people and our South Carolina community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for ten consecutive years (2010-2019). In 2019, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Social Worker opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.