Social Worker at Citizens Memorial – Buffalo, Missouri

Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) is recruiting a Social Worker to work with our amazing Clinic Social Services team. CMH is made up of 34 primary and specialty clinics, 6 long-term care facilities and 1 residential care facility. Offering acute care, emergency services, ambulatory care, pharmacies, walk-in clinics, surgeries, addiction recovery, therapies and more, CMH has its community covered!

About the department: The Social Services Department works as a part of the interdisciplinary care team to provide comprehensive, whole-person care planning by connecting patients with needed community resources for social determinants of health and post-acute support for safety.

A typical day will include: Supporting patients in navigating the healthcare system, removing barriers to care, and facilitating community resources to address social determinants to health for patient safety.

• Provides direct support to patients and families by addressing socio-economic factors impacting health, both in-person and by phone.
• Receives referrals for specialty social service support for clinic patients and provides timely follow-up.
• Performs social needs screening, and advises of applicable resources and solutions available.
• Documents patient-centered plans of care.
• Collaborates and coordinates care with an interdisciplinary care team, directly supporting patients with community resource navigation, and advocating for patient safety in complex and challenging situations.

This position is: Full-time, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.

Job Requirements:

• Education/Experience: Bachelor's in social work or 1 year of related experience
• Skills: Written and oral communication skills, time management, detail-oriented
• Licensure/Certification: N/A

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary
• Annual merit increase
• No-cost health insurance option for employee
• Full suite of insurance benefits available for employee and family
• Early access to pay with on-demand PayActiv Program
• Employee assistance program
• Increased matched savings to retirement plan
• PTO
• Company-paid long-term disability plan
• Employee discounts

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For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kelly Fender at 417-328-6251, or by email at kelly.fender@citizensmemorial.com.