Social Worker

Vail Health has become the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system. Vail Health consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital. This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients, with the most beautiful views in the area, located centrally in Vail. Learn more about Vail Health here [https://www.vailhealth.org/about].

About the opportunity

• Provide clinical social work for patients, families, and staff to help them cope with psychosocial issues that require specific training or education. Responsible for psychosocial assessments, counseling, support, and referrals. Actively participates in discharge planning assessments and efficiently connects patients with appropriate levels of care and identified resources as needed to optimize health outcomes This role will need supervision provided by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
• What you will do:
• Provides support and counseling; assist patient and family to develop coping skills related to dealing with diagnosis, medical needs and treatment
• Assesses and reassesses social and emotional factors in order to help patients and families cope with problems in daily living, and to help them follow medical recommendations to reduce readmissions and improve patient’s health outcomes.
• Collaborates with county and community agencies to promote continuity of care and continued services. Recommend and assist with referrals and introductions to appropriate financial resources, hospitals, clinics and community agencies.
• As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, contributes to patient plans of care, and documents psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and interventions in the EMR with documentation meeting regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with Case Managers to assess for patient discharge needs, promote positive health outcomes through appropriate referrals, discharge planning and care coordination.
• Provides support and counseling to assist staff with dealing with patient situations that can result in vicarious trauma or with the day to day stress of working in a healthcare environment
• Participate in the development of patient and staff support programs, as needed.
• Availability to flex throughout the Vail Health system, within scope and training, depending on the identified needs of the system.