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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report?s "Best Hospitals 2024-2025" rankings. When you join our team, you?ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.

We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

Why work here?

As a global leader in orthopedics, we offer a range of solutions in all orthopedic subspecialties to get you back to doing the things you love. Through compassionate care, innovation and education, we restore quality and function to life.

What will you be doing:

The Outpatient Social Worker in the Ortho clinic provides a full range of social work services in collaboration with other CSMC staff to meet the psychosocial and discharge planning needs of patients/families/significant others. Active participation in Department's continuing education/staff development programs. Involved in program planning in assigned service areas along with the organization of social work activities. Provides social work services to patients and their families with psychosocial needs. To assure patients receive benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care and post-hospital planning.

• Psychosocial evaluation -- identification of problems affecting optimal patient care and the development of a treatment plan.
• Crisis intervention.
• Individual and family counseling.
• Discharge planning and case coordination.
• Interdisciplinary discussion of psychosocial implications of illness including consultation regarding treatments and resources designed to tackle the problems of the patients.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with community health, welfare, and social agencies.
• Initiates program planning and development in assigned services/programs.
• Participates in development and leadership with Department's Continuing Education.

Experience Requirements:

Two (2) plus years of Acute Care Hospital experience preferred.

Proven experience in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Previous Ortho Social Worker experience preferred.

Educational Requirements:

Master degree in Social Work (MSW)

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