Description
Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Monday - Friday; no weekends or holidays. Regional role covering Backus Hospital and Windham Hospital
Work where every moment matters.
Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.
Join us at Backus Hospital as we live our values every day. As part of Hartford HealthCare we create a better future for healthcare in Connecticut and beyond. By embodying these values we have become nationally respected for patient care and most trusted for personalized coordinated care. Come be part of something special!
For more than 118 years, Backus Hospital has been the primary source of healthcare services for much of Eastern Connecticut. We are home to the only trauma center in New London and Windham counties, and are the only area hospital with LIFE STAR helicopter services. We deliver and coordinate a continuum of high-quality healthcare with the goal of improving the health of our communities.
Job Summary
The regional Social Worker will provide complex social work services as a member of the care management and interdisciplinary professional team at Backus Hospital and Windham Hospital. The regional Social Worker will demonstrate strong advocacy skills; focusing on problem solving and collaborative plans for positive patient outcomes and transitions. This role would focus on complex patients both social and medical with an anticipated long length of stay and complex transition planning needs.
Qualifications
Education: Masters degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
Experience:Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in hospital based social work or care transitions.
Licensure, Certification, Registration: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); would consider licensure in progress
Language Skills:Excellent written & verbal skills.
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With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.