Trauma Social Worker

Location Spartanburg, SC
Facility Spartanburg Medical Center
Department Trauma Care Services
Schedule - Shift - Hours Full-Time - Days (weekends as needed) - 9-5
Job Category Unassigned
Salary Job Grade EX123
Req #: 62730

Summary

Position Summary

The Trauma Social Worker is an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, conducting psychosocial and clinical assessments to develop and implement a comprehensive care plan for traumatically injured patients. The Trauma Social Worker will serve as an educator and advocate for trauma patients and families ensuring emotional and social needs are met throughout the continuum of care. Trauma Social Worker is responsible for assessment and screening of emotional and mental distress following a traumatic event and screens for substance abuse and alcohol use disorders, to provide brief intervention and referrals.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s in social work

Experience

One (1) year Social Work experience in a healthcare setting

License/Registration/Certifications

Licensed as a Social Worker in South Carolina
BLS Certification

Preferred Requirements

Preferred Education

Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited social work program

Preferred Experience

3 years of social work experience in a healthcare setting dealing with trauma patients

Preferred License/Registration/Certifications

LMSW

Core Job Responsibilities

Utilizes social work best practices including adhering to all applicable federal, state, and local regulations related to providing social work services and respecting a patient's right to self-determination.
Assess each patient’s unique condition through personal interview, combining data from mechanism of injury, severity of injures, contributing factors to injury, frailty screening, social vulnerability, and healthcare goals to identify support and services needed during medical crisis and throughout the continuum of care.
Develop and implement comprehensive plans to help patients adjust to sustained injuries/medical diagnosis and transition from the health care system to normal life.
Provide necessary support for each patient according to health status, personal strengths and weaknesses, emotional state, and additional factors.
Research local support groups and other resources to determine which ones are right for individual patients to meet their physical, social, financial, and mental health needs.
Follow up with patients throughout hospital stay, treatment and recovery to determine current state of mental and emotional health.
Maintain current knowledge of local resources and relevant trauma research to provide best possible recommendation to patients.
Provides screening, brief counseling, support, and education services to meet the unique mental health challenges of patients and family members as related to trauma, including providing mental health interventions, assisting them in overcoming barriers to social vulnerabilities and recovery.
Screen traumatic injury patients for risk of depression and PTSD and provides resources as well as referrals to mental health services.
Screen traumatic injury patients using a substance use and alcohol misuse screening tool and provide brief intervention counseling and referral to treatment.
Ensure documentation of screenings, counseling, and referral to treatment in medical record for reimbursement coding.
Work collaboratively with the Case Managers and the treatment team members to develop and coordinate a safe, timely and appropriate discharge plan across the care continuum.
Work collaboratively with Injury Prevention & Outreach with targeting injury prevention and violence intervention strategies for the community.
Maintains records/documentation as required.
Other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) offers a full spectrum of services through six hospital campuses: Spartanburg Medical Center, Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus, Pelham Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care and Union Medical Center. SRHS also includes Ellen Sagar Nursing Center and Woodruff Manor. SRHS provides unparalleled cancer care through Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, with locations in Spartanburg, Greer, Union and Gaffney. The multidisciplinary Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 600 physicians across Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. SRHS employs more than 9,000 associates and offers outpatient surgery centers and a Level I Trauma Center.

Founded on Aug. 29, 1921, as Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg Regional celebrates over 100 years of excellence.