Social Service Worker

Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: May 6, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description:This is a full time position with the pediatric crisis team at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. The crisis team provides evaluation and intervention to patients experiencing mental health crises in the emergency department and medical floors. The SSW has an important role in supporting the team and these patients/families with care coordination, discharge planning, and outreach calls post-discharge to ensure patients are able to access needed resources and supports.To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer a $2500 sign on bonus to those that have 1+ year of experience.Job Specifics

• Pay Range: $28.15 - $43.42 Exempt
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• FTE: Full time.
• Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm.
• To learn about additional Intermountain benefits: Click here Job Essentials
  • Organize and prioritize daily work by reviewing new, current, and discharging patient needs in area(s) of responsibility. Complete documentation as required.
  • Gather psycho-social information for patients and caregivers.
  • Educate, communicate, and coordinate with multiple patient care teams and outside agencies as necessary to ensure the patient receives quality care, a timely intake and discharge, and to identify and resolve delays and issues.
  • Acts as an advocate on behalf of patients and families, where appropriate, to ensure effective communication with multidisciplinary care team, outside agencies and other resources as necessary.
  • May provide initial intake, crisis intervention, and adjustment to illness counselingservices as well as appropriate referrals to treatment and/or resources.
  • May identify patients at risk for potential avoidable delays, extended stay, readmission, financial or complex discharge needs. Coordinate with care providers and leaders to reach optimal solutions.
  • May maintain an active role in denial prevention. Proactively intervene with payers to prevent inpatient denials. Communicate any necessary information to payers to help appeal existing denials.
  • May coordinate the discharge planning process from patient admission to departure. Screen for and identify patient needs, develop a discharge plan, and coordinate with internal and external services for care during and after the hospital stay.
  • Provide support and education to patients, families and staff members on Advance Directives.Minimum Qualifications
    • Bachelors degree from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
    • Current state licensure as a Social Services Worker.
    • Computer skills (email, word processing, and spreadsheets).Preferred Qualifications
      • Experience working with in a healthcare setting.Physical Requirements:
        • Hearing/Listening, Manual Dexterity, Seeing, Sitting, Speaking.Location:Intermountain Health Primary Childrens HospitalWork City:Salt Lake CityWork State:UtahScheduled Weekly Hours:40The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $28.15 - $43.42 We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process. All positions subject to close without notice.

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