Social Worker
Battle Mountain General Hospital
Social Worker
$55,000 - $82,000
Department: Patient Care Services
Close Date: Open Until Filled
DESCRIPTION:
Battle Mountain General Hospital and Clinic, located in Battle Mountain, NV, is actively seeking an experienced Social Worker for our 25 bed Long Term Care facility.
Duties:
Provide medically related social services assessing individual needs/goals to maintain or enhance the psychosocial, mental and emotional needs of our residents.
Identifying residents’ psychosocial, mental and emotional needs along with providing, and/or aiding in the access of services to meet those needs.
Assist resident and family in coping with placement in skilled nursing facility, physical illness grieving process
When appropriate, work with resident, family and other team members to plan discharge. Arrange home care services; assist with transfer to another location.
Conduct in-service to educate staff regarding resident rights.
Act as a liaison between resident, family and interdisciplinary team.
Document all resident care plan information and follow State and Federal codes.
Advocate for residents and participate in solutions to identified problems.
Collaborate with other departments to evaluate residents’ psychosocial well-being, mood, and behavior concerns.
When necessary, refer residents and/or families to community resources to assist with concerns in areas of finance, housing and additional services.
Take leadership role in investigation of resident and/or family concerns, follow through to conflict resolution and reporting to state and other authorities as necessary.
Liaison between resident and Interdisciplinary Team in addressing challenging behaviors.
Providing or arranging provision of needed counseling services.
Perform assessment of residents at admission, upon change in condition and/or annually to identify and seek ways to support residents’ individual needs.
Create, review, and update plan of care to support residents’ individual needs.
Promoting actions by staff that maintain or enhance each resident’s dignity in full recognition of each resident’s individuality.
Assist residents to determine how they would like to make decisions about their health care, general plan of care and whether or not they would like anyone else to be involved in those decision.
Finding options that best meet the physical and emotional needs of each resident.
Attend and participate in meetings to review and plan for care related to specific psychological and physical needs.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or other related behavioral science.
Social Work certificate for state of Nevada.
Preferred experience in one of the following environments: assisted living, long term care or skilled nursing.
Ability to document resident care plans concisely and clearly.
Ability to be patient, sensitive and receptive to both the residents and their families’ needs.
Must be available for on-Call for weekend concerns or resident admission on a rotation basis.
Attend in-services/classes concerning social workers field and to maintain social work certification.
*Equal Opportunity Employer