Employment Type : Full-Time
Strength Through Diversity Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. Department of Social Services (MSH) - Req Number: 2793332 Job Title: Social Worker (Labor & Delivery) - Bilingual Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital New York State LMSW
The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,134-bed facility with an extensive outpatient and specialty care network and is the largest hospital in the Mount Sinai Health Care System. It offers comprehensive social work services and programming to meet the myriad needs of the diverse populations we serve. We believe that total patient care must emphasize the physical, emotional, and social needs of each patient and their care partners. Social Workers collaborate within interprofessional teams to serve patients and the larger community from both a micro and macro level including both direct care and prevention. Founded in 1907, the Department of Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest hospital social work departments in the nation with over 450 licensed social workers employed across more than 65 different program/service areas. Employment in our department provides a pathway to LCSW licensure as well as access to a broad range of continuing education, professional development and extra-curricular opportunities.
Roles & Responsibilities: The social worker will be responsible for providing psychosocial services to KP 5 and antepartum/Labor & Delivery floors.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The social worker in this position will be responsible for implementing and coordinating safe mother-baby discharges for a wide variety of patients, including those who are unregistered to Mount Sinai, private insurance patients, patients at elevated risk for postpartum depression and patients with psychosocial, medical or safety concerns.
For the Antepartum Support Program: provide intensive psychosocial support to all patients; coordinate massage, iPad, volunteer programs; collaborate with nursing and physician leadership for program planning and implementation.
Requirements:
Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
Experience with obstetrics preferred.
Experience with complex medical and mental health issues related to pregnancy preferred.
Ability to work in a high pressure and crisis oriented environment.
Strong organizational, collaborative, program planning skills.
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our story! Who We Are Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve. Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans