CO Clinical Social Worker
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Nov 21, 2022
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Student Affairs, Health Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
Howard County General Hospital Emergency
Department is seeking aCO Clinical Social Workerto
provide services and continuity of care to clients/patients
Emergency Department. The Clinical Social Worker will perform
Psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and
Substance Abuse Evaluations. Works with a multi-disciplinary team
in the Emergency Department to provide quality psychiatric service.
Obtains all insurance authorizations necessary to treat patients.
Knowledgeable of Mental Health Resources in Maryland and proficient
in formulating and implementing treatment and disposition
plans.
Documents all clinical activity in accordance with Johns Hopkins, and State of Maryland regulations.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Responds in a timely manner to requests from
Emergency Department Physicians for psychiatric
Consultation.
- Performs psychiatric assessment, formulates
diagnosis, and in consultation with referring physician recommends
and completes appropriate disposition.
- Discusses case with Attending Physician to
determine if the patient has been cleared medically and to
determine why a consult is requested.
- Provides requesting physician with results
of assessment and disposition plan.
- Reviews chart, and obtains all insurance
authorizations necessary before providing service to a
patient.
- Contacts necessary insurance providers and
obtains authorizations needed to complete disposition and documents
in the chart.
- Interview the patient and performs
psychosocial assessment, mental status examination, and past
psychiatric history.
- Contacts family or any collateral informants
necessary to provide information necessary to complete an
assessment.
- Formulates an appropriate
treatment/disposition plan for the patient.
- Develops a knowledge base of the Mental
Health Service System necessary to make the most appropriate
clinical disposition.
- Effectively troubleshoots all systems when
problems arise in effecting a clinically necessary
disposition.
- Assures that all appropriate documentation
is complete according to standards to carry out
treatment/disposition plan.
- Completes all contacts necessary to arrange
for appropriate disposition of cases and independently resolves
problems with complicated dispositions.
- Is aware of time constraints of patient flow
in the emergency department and paces accordingly, and consistently
evaluates all patients during a shift.
- Provides appropriate sign-out either
verbally or written on clinical and disposition status of patients
to next shift staff member.
- Works as a Team Member with all members of
the Evening/Weekend Emergency Consultation team.
- Attends all Staff meetings and
administrative meetings as assigned.
- Develops and maintains a collegial working
relationship with all ED Staff.
Documentation
- Provides documentation of all clinical and nonclinical activities.
- Maintains client files in an appropriate
manner and complies with Johns Hopkins accepted record-keeping
practices.
- Charts are above 85% complete at chart
reviews.
- Knows and can implement all State of
Maryland /Insurance/ and Federal mandated
documentation.
- Documents clinical assessment of all clients
evaluated on the JHH Standard PES.
- Evaluation form. Assessment information on
PES has a 95% completion rate.
- Documents all activities according to
standards.
Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Work requires knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts.
- Work requires analytical skills to resolve
problems that require the use of basic scientific, mathematical, or
technical principles.
- Work requires the ability to communicate
effectively both orally and in writing and provide empathy in
difficult interpersonal situations.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand, walk or sit for an extended period of time.
- Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in
any direction.
- Finger dexterity to manipulate objects with
fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example,
using a keyboard.
- Communication skills using the spoken
word.
- Ability to see within normal
parameters.
- Ability to hear within normal
range.
- Work requires occasionally using a keyboard
to interact with a computer system.
- Work requires proofreading and/or reviewing
documents.
- Work is generally performed in the Emergency
Department where the conditions can be unpleasant and/or
hazardous.
- Requires varying shifts, days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or an equivalent organization approved by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Licensure, Certification, Registration: Licensure as an LCSW-C is required, and one must maintain a license throughout the duration of employment.
- Must complete sufficient continuing medical education (CME) credits to satisfy Maryland license/license renewal requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two years of an emergency room or pediatrics social work experience.
Classified Title: Clinical Social
Worker
Job Posting Title (Working Title): CO Clinical Social Worker
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MC
Starting Salary Range:
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 10 AM-8 PM, Variable Days, holidays and weekends as
needed
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: JH at Howard County Hospital
Department name: 60005007-PSYCHIATRY COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Personnel area: School of Medicine
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