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Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Medical Social Worker PRN with St. David's South Austin Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the St. David's South Austin Medical Center family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Medical Social Worker PRN to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Medical Social Worker, you will be responsible for promoting patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs, providing community service coordination for identified patient populations, and providing support and crisis intervention where indicated. You will act as a liaison between the patient and community resources/post-acute care providers. You will create and facilitate timely implementation of discharge plans and arrange post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. You will facilitate patient movement across the continuum of care and identify, address, and track barriers to patient throughput.

• You will partner with the RN Case Manager to ensure the post-acute medical needs and level of care are appropriate.

• You will respond promptly to referrals from the RN Case Manager or other staff when risk factors for social determinants of health are identified.

• You will perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate plans of care for high risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.

• You will perform proactive discharge planning.

• You will provide expertise in post-acute services and community resources.

• You will identify and address barriers to discharge and recovery, including financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical and spiritual.

• You will provide psychosocial support and resources.

Experience

• Experience in acute care social work

Education

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Licenses and Certifications

• Currently licensed at a Master's Level Social Worker in the state of Texas according to law and regulation

• Certification in Case Management – preferred

• Certification in Social Work – preferred

St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (https://stdavids.com/location/st-davids-south-austin-medical-center) is an acute-care facility in central Texas with more than 300 patient beds. The hospital is known in the community for its nationally accredited oncology program – the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Center, home to the area’s only adult bone marrow transplant (https://stdavids.com/service/blood-marrow-transplant) program – and Level II trauma center. The facility’s full range of specialized services (https://stdavids.com/locations/st-davids-south-austin-medical-center/medical-services.dot) includes cardiovascular care and rehabilitation, imaging services, women’s services, joint replacement and orthopedics, surgical services including weight loss surgery, wound care, emergency care, cancer care, nutrition services, and a sleep disorder center. The hospital operates three full-service emergency centers.

St. David’s South Austin Medical Center is part of St. David’s HealthCare, which is one of the largest healthcare systems in Texas and the third-largest employer in the Austin area. St. David’s HealthCare was formed through a unique partnership between HCA Healthcare and two local non-profits — St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Medical Social Worker PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

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.