Senior Medical Social Worker (2922) - Citywide - H00160

Senior Medical Social Workers are advocates for clients, working jointly with team members in assessing patient medical needs, treatment, and the social, emotional, and psychological consequences of illness.

Essential job functions include:

• May supervise several Medical Social Workers and auxiliary personnel

• Plans and develops medical social services and assigns staff

• Responsible for the more difficult medical social work cases

• Reviews of casework and related records of subordinate Medical Social Workers and ancillary staff

• Makes corrections and adjustments where indicated

• Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team

• Collaborates with medical professionals and consultants on various social work case problems and referrals

• Carries out, interprets, and enforces existing regulations, legal provisions, policies and procedures to Medical Social Workers, medical vendors and other concerned agents, organizations, and individuals

• Conducts interviews with Medical Social Workers related to medical care and treatment of individual cases

• Determines and utilizes community resources to benefit medical care patients

• Monitors planning for care of clients

• As part of an interdisciplinary team, participates in the preparation and maintenance of individual medical social work case records

• Prepares or supervises the preparation of periodic performance reports and related statistics

• The 2922 may perform other duties as assigned/required