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Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary:

The Inpatient Heart Failure/VAD/Transplant Department of HUP is looking for a full-time social worker to join the team!

Responsibilities:

• completes comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluations that contribute to the evaluation of patients for transplant candidacy

• addresses complex issues that impact patients' mental, emotional, and social readiness

• assists patients with navigating complex healthcare systems, intricacies of eligibility and success in the post-transplant phase of care

• advocates for patients' needs and well-being, provides crisis management, and facilitates access to community resources and support services

• collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on care plans and to create and facilitate a safe and timely discharge plan from the hospital to home, community or institutional settings.

• maintains detailed and accurate clinical documentation in the electronic medical record and ensures compliance with all governing bodies

Credentials:

• Licensed Social Worker (preferred)

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Education Specialization: Master's in Social Work

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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