DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Social Worker
Employment Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Location: Holy Cross Hospital,

ABOUT US:

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland’s two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.
Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Females/disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) status.

POSITION PURPOSE:

Social Workers will perform beside initial and ongoing case management assessments, counseling, referral and discharge planning services to all age groups of patients treated at Holy Cross; provides supportive services to patients and their families.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Social Workers are expected daily to support all patient discharge transitional needs from the inpatient setting back to the community.
• Review clinical supporting documentation to support the throughput of all patients who need transitional care from the inpatient setting to the appropriate next level of care.
• Collaboratively support discharge planning by attending the daily IDRs on the units to coordinate the patients’ discharge needs.
• Attend all IDRs, and other department meetings that support throughput.