Social Worker II

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: 12 Hour Day Shift Description: Location: Bettendorf Health Plex Status: Full-Time (80 hours biweekly) Shift: Days Shift Length: 8 hours ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Interacts with patients, family members, healthcare professionals, and community and state agencies to ensure the patient's progress in the acute episode of care through post discharge is quality driven, while being efficient and cost effective. - Serves as a liaison between the hospital and community agencies or facilities for the exchange of clinical and referral information. - Identifies high risk patients from a psychosocial/financial perspective, through screening mechanisms, and assesses the needs of patients and families and provides information, support, counseling, case facilitation, and timely, accurate referrals to appropriate resources. - Ensures that a transition plan for ongoing management or resolution of issues is in place at the time that the patient is clinically ready to leave the acute care environment. Performs patient home visits. FullMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: - Master's Degree Field of Study - Social Work Licensures/Registration: Licensure in Iowa or Illinois required at ti...