Social Worker - Acute Care

The Social Worker provides comprehensive assessment, care planning and treatment coordination for designated clients and their families/ support systems where the social, economic, emotional or psychological circumstances presents barriers to care and or optimum level of functioning. Working collaboratively with members of the patient flow team, other health care providers and the inter-disciplinary team, the Social Worker also provides comprehensive discharge planning services supporting care coordination, system navigation and advocacy, education and linkage to relevant specialized complex care resources while facilitating patient self-management. May be assigned to work in other areas of the hospital as required.



Within the acute patient care settings (including Soldiers 1, ICU, Emergency, and surgery) this individual provides clinical social work consultations case management, at times may be required to support transitions/discharges for comple...