Medical Social Worker - Pediatrics Hemophilia Treatment Center

Medical Social WorkerCreate optimal outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Through advanced practice skills, mobilizes resources to reduce risk, and serves as ambassador between hospital and community.

Collaborate with Risk Management, Patient Relations, Utilization Management, and Quality Management about potential problems and preclude outcomes detrimental to AMCBase individual practice patterns on a sound knowledge base of social work principles and methodologies, social work policies, and the NASW Code of Ethics Demonstrate flexibility in providing department coverage as needed, including possible modification of role, responsibilities, and assigned caseload Completes initial screen of patients and families and a comprehensive psychosocial assessment of patients Assists patients and families in understanding their illness and treatments options, as well as consequences to various treatments or refusal of treatment Assists patients and families in communicating with treatment team Provides crisis intervention Advocates for patient care and timely discharge plan Coordinates patient discharge and continuity of care planning Educates hospital staff on patient psychosocial needs Educates patients and families on levels of care; acute, sub-acute, community services and resources

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.