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Introduction
Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Weekend Social Worker with Memorial Health University Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Benefits
We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Memorial Health University Medical Center, we offer eligible colleagues an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Flexible Spending
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Personal Leave
- 401K(100% annual match - 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
- Academic AssistanceandReimbursementsfor Tuition and Student Loans
- Employee Discountsincluding Tickets, Retail, Mental Health Apps, Education Apps, Identity Theft Protection etc.
- Home,Auto, andPet Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Short Term&Long Term Disabilitycoverage
- AdoptionAssistance
- Legal Benefitsand lots more!
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Memorial Health University Medical Center family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Weekend Social Worker to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Social Worker for our department will provide clinical expertise to ensure all patients receive high-quality, efficient care. Our dynamic team works hard to support each other and to ensure the delivery of excellent patient care. In this role you will have the ability to positively impact and improve lives.
What you will do in this role:
- You will facilitate the interdisciplinary plan of care with a focus on evaluating the appropriateness of clinical care, medical necessity, admission status, level of care, and resource management.
- You will coordinate activities that promote quality outcomes and patient throughput while supporting a balance of optimal care and appropriate resource utilization.
- You will identify potential barriers to patient throughput and quality outcomes
- You will evaluate the psychosocial needs of patients and family support systems and coordinate appropriate discharge plans for identified patient populations.
- You will act as a liaison between the facility and resources external to the organization.
- You will help with the facilitation and implementation of timely discharge plans and facilitate follow-up to anticipated post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care
- You will provide crisis intervention and support to patient/family support systems.
- Bachelors degree in Social Work Required
- Masters degree in Social Work Preferred
- Social Work Licensure Preferred
- 3-5 years of experience in hospital patient care preferred
Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our
600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital, as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.At Memorial Health, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
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 Weekend Social Worker 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.
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