Social Worker MSW AdventHealth Ocala

Location Address: 1500 SW 1^st Ave Ocala, Florida 34471

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Ocala

• Horse Capital of the World
• Driving distance to Gainesville, St. Augustine, Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota
• Part of the community since 1898, providing healthcare to Marion County for over 120 years
• Florida Hospital Ocala offers a broad spectrum of services, with programs that are nationally recognized and accredited
• Spectacular springs throughout the county

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Use of Discharge Planning Evaluation
• Use of Curaspan on discharge planning
• Consistent utilization of Patient Choice Form
• Completion of High Risk Screening Tool (LACE)
• Completion of 30-Day Readmission Tool
• Completion of IM Letters
• Completion of Appeal of Process
• Utilizing electronic and telephonic communications effectively:  monitors emails and voicemails and responds in a timely manner.

What You Will Need:

• Master’s Degree in social work required 
• In lieu of an MSW the following will be accepted:  Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family and/or Master’s Degree in Mental Health
• One year of case management experience required for an MSW and 2 years in an acute care setting required for all other degrees

Job Summary:

Utilizes Social Work skills to assess patient and family functioning and emotional well-being in order to develop appropriate and timely discharge plans, community referrals, and provide psychosocial support.  In collaboration with the physician, nursing, therapy staff, pharmacy and RN Case Manager, provides assessment planning and interventions to optimize quality of care, utilization costs and patient satisfaction.