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Department of Medicine Practice Staff (MSW) - Req Number: 2833304

Job Title: Social Worker (Outpatient) - Medicine Practice Staff - Mount Sinai West - Full Time/Days

Roles & Responsibilities:

Assesses and evaluates patients/families' social, psychosocial and environmental situations to determine patient needs. Demonstrates knowledge of the disease entity and common medical interventions in the service area assigned

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Develop options and treatment plans in a timely manner
2. Provide direct service to patients and families selecting treatment modality casework technique compatible with assessment and identified goals
3. Ability to identify, select, access and make referrals to appropriate community resources
4. Monitor, coordinate, manage activities for high risk psychosocial patients to ensure implementation of multiple services
5. Advocate for patients and families by interpreting their needs to and eliciting cooperation from other disciplines and community agencies
6. Identify and assist team in managing obstacles to treatment and/or discharge plans
7. Provide psycho-education for patients and families
8. Knowledge of child protection, elder abuse, domestic violence policies and protocols
9. Participate interdisciplinary rounds, case conferences, staff meetings
10. Document in the medical record in accordance with standards set by Department of Social Work and/or regulatory agencies
11. May supervise social work interns

Requirements:

Licenses:
1. LMSW

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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Who We Are

Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and Disabled

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $34.68 - $44.76 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, 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.