Other Functions (in addition to Essential Functions)
• Serves as a resource and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end of
life care issues.
• Refers patient/significant other to community based services/resources to meet patient’s continuum of
care needs.
• Coordinates team and/or family conferences when necessary to facilitate patient’s care progression.
• Provides psychosocial counseling and crisis interventions to patients/significant others with needs.
Provides interventions in cases involving child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and
institutional abuse. Provides intervention in cases involving guardianship, foster care, adoption,
psychiatric assessment and placement, Advance Directives (Center City), trauma and substance abuse.
• Facilitates completion of all placement related documentation in nursing home grants, applications, etc.
Completes referrals to options programs where appropriate.
• Documents in accordance with hospital and departmental requirements.
• Works with Case Managers in providing discharge planning services per departmental policies and
procedures in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
• Identifies patients and locates family and/or next of kin.
• Educates patients/significant others on the process for obtaining health insurance. Provides appropriate
documents/information to apply for welfare insurance.
• When necessary, initiates medical assistance application in a timely manner (Center City) or ensure
medical assistance application has been initiated by identified external agencies (excludes Center City).
Follows up with identified external service regarding application.
• Provides psychosocial assessment and intervention as well as documents in the electronic medical record
updates throughout patient’s hospitalization, discharge planning process and relevant post-acute care
• Supervises field placement of MSW students.
• When appropriate, refer case to the Placement Official Social Worker to assist in obtaining placement for
the patient’s discharge (Center City and Abington/Lansdale).
• Precept and mentor new staff members to their role and department