Patient Liaison
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We are searching for a Patient Liaison with out Outpatient Retrovirology/Travel Medicine team - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position, you'll deliver social services to assist patients and families in making psychosocial adaptations to illness and in utilizing health care optimally, rendering services in accordance to age and developmental level of the patient.Think you've got what it takes?QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Social Work requiredOne (1) year experience with children, adolescents and women is preferredResponsibilitiesProvides direct patient servicesProvides psychosocial assessment by interviewing patients and their families for information about patient's developmental level and social, psychological, environmental and financial situation to define problems, identify resources and formulate a plan for psychosocial care, planning intervention to meet assessed needs and to resolve identified problemsParticipates in team, clinic and Hospital programs to assure psychosocial aspects of care are integrated into comprehensive care planMay attend medical rounds and clinic to identify and respond to psychosocial needs of patientsActs as a community liaisonCommunicates actively with community service agencies in various ways including: telephone, attending workshops, membership in professional organizations and reading bulletins, to keep current on eligibility criteria and benefitsParticipates in Social Work continuing educationAttends educational meetings to advance professional knowledge and skill baseContributes to the efficient functioning of the departmentAdheres to departmental policies and proceduresCares for one or more of the following age groups routinely: Neonates, Infants, Toddler, Preschool Age, School Age, Adolescent, and AdultLocates the developmental and age appropriate Plans of Care