Medical Social Worker

Job Overview for Medical Social Worker

We are looking for an experienced Medical Social Worker in Columbus and surrounding areas to join our patient care team and provide social work services to patients in their primary residence. The right candidate is a patient, compassionate professional who assists patients and their families in helping them understand and cope with a diagnosed illness and all the emotional turmoil that comes with it.

Responsibilities for Medical Social Worker

• Works closely with doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals.
• Review new patient admissions to assess the needs of patients and their families.
• Directs families to resources that assist with financial burdens, social needs, and emotional stress resulting from the diagnosis.
• Works as an advocate for the patient to support them in navigating the medical system.
• Counsels patients and their families who are distressed.
• Offers crisis intervention.
• Identify any mental health concerns and make appropriate referrals.

Qualifications for Medical Social Worker

• Proven experience as medical social worker.
• Ability to maintain composure in stressful and/or dangerous situations.
• Service oriented and possesses social perceptiveness.
• Intimate knowledge of crisis intervention.
• Skills in critical thinking and decisiveness.
• Caring and compassionate personality.

Experience and Education for Medical Social Worker

• Experience in providing social worker services to patients and families involving medical situations.
• Bachelors degree in social work or a related field.