Job Description

NYU Langone Hospital--Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.
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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker, LMSW/LCSW - Per Visit - Home Health Care - Brooklyn.
In this role, the successful candidate Treats patient on an intermittent basis in their home to enable them to achieve optimal level of care. Provides psychosocial assessments and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.
Job Responsibilities:

• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and or life situation.
• May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies.
• Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the social work perspective to and being an advocate for patients and families.
• Maintains records and statistics according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards..
• Travels to patients homes under all weather conditions to provide treatment.
• Provides psycho-social assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulates, develops, and implements a plan utilizing appropriate social work interventions.
• Documents findings, plan, and actions taken according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Provides education regarding advanced directives; explores Goals of Care, as well ad educates/refers to Palliative Care/Hospice if/when indicated and facilitates referrals to Hospice when indicated.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Master's Degree Social Work. Current and valid New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license. 1 - 2 years Social work or social work internship in a health care setting or social service agency. Solid working knowledge of social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs. Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills. Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, Outlook). Travel to patient's homes under all weather conditions..
Required Licenses: Lic Master Social Worker, Lic Clinical Social Worker
Preferred Qualifications:
1 - 2 years Health care setting as a medical social worker.
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Hospital--Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.
NYU Langone Hospital--Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $65.00 - $65.00 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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