Lead BHU Social Worker - HCA Healthcare
Frankfort, KY 40601
About the Job
Description
Introduction
Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Lead BHU Social Worker opening with Frankfort Regional Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.
Benefits
Frankfort Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
We are seeking a(an) Lead BHU Social Worker for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!
Job Summary and Qualifications
Position Summary:
The Behavioral Health Lead Social Worker at Frankfort Regional Medical Center monitors and ensures the quality and appropriateness of services provided by the program’s social services team members. The social services team functions include, but are not limited to: intake or admission screenings; psychosocial assessment of newly admitted patients; treatment plan development and review; reassessments; discharge planning; arranging for post-discharge follow-up care; ensuring the exchange of appropriate information with sources outside the hospital; provision of
patient and family/support system education, support, and advocacy; and, planning and provision of modalities including supportive, individual, couple, family, or group therapy. The Lead Social Worker may directly provide any or all of these functions, will provide clinical supervision of these services provided by social work team members, will conduct regular supervisory team meetings with the group, and will audit an appropriate amount of documentation of completed by non-independently licensed social service team members. The Lead Social Worker will assist Program Director in ensuring execution of appropriate diagnostic processes, development and use of treatment plans, handling of ethical issues, and other topics pertinent to the Senior Behavioral Health population.
Minimum Requirements:
Education: Master’s Degree, or higher, in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
Licensure/Certifications: Hold a license in clinical social work (LCSW) or complete within six months of hire, and be qualified / or will be qualified within six months by state requirements authorizing independent practice of Clinical Social Work; prefer maintenance of state board approval to act as a supervisor for CSW’s. BLS. CPI (Nonviolent crisis intervention within 30 days of hire).
Experience: 2-4 years in social services or case management preferred and experience with inpatient psychiatric unit patients a plus.
What qualifications you will need:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- Masters Degree
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Frankfort Regional Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services for over 40 years. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 170+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Central Kentucky. Frankfort Regional has built an excellent reputation for outstanding subspecialty services. In addition, we have an exceptional network of quality primary care physicians in both family practice and internal medicine. We are consistently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky.
At Frankfort Regional Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Lead BHU Social Worker opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.