Atlantic Health System is seeking a Full Time LCSW to workday shifts at the Chilton Medical Center.

Responsible for supervising and providing care to the patients by matching the patient's needs with appropriate services. Maintains and updates patient records and supervises and manages business operations and patient care.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Maintains direct responsibility for educating, mentoring, and supervising Social Workers. Assess educational needs of dept. provides training and ongoing educational support. Provides guidance and supervision. Acts as resource to solve complex psychosocial, legal and financial problems of patients. Assures performance and regulatory standards are met. Collaborates with manager regarding need for staff disciplinary action. Assists in the evaluation, training, and counseling of employees.

   2. Acts as a resource to the Social Work staff. Makes recommendations for growth, learning needs and assures that performance meets standards of practice. Provides skilled, concrete resource to staff. Attends MDR with staff. Initiates conferences to assure effective communication. Aware of LOC changes as determined by PA and assures appropriateness of discharge plan.

   3. Acts as a resource to the manager in the daily management of the dept. Manages daily workflow of the social workers. Assures continuity and quality of service in collaboration with OMC care collaboration process. Responsible for key manager responsibilities in absence of manager. Collaborates with CM nursing coordinator. Assist administrative staff with problem solving.

   4. Plans, develops the reporting of relevant data to support the Social Work program throughout the continuum. Reviews data to improve program, identify issues, trends that impact operational effectiveness. Assists in development of PI activities.

: 05. Assists in development of dept. Makes recommendations for growth, policy, and procedure development/changes. Serves as liaison with agencies to establish/maintain effective collaborative relationships. Maintains current professional knowledge, credentials, and skills.

6. Actively participates in PI activities. Facilitates scheduled meetings with staff to improve performance. Participates in analysis of care coordination, disposition delays in effort to improve quality, resource utilization and decrease LOS.

7. Collaborates with other depts in achieving goals of specific units/services. Attends and actively participates in all interdisciplinary forums as depts. representative. Demonstrates consistent capacity for positive interaction with other professionals through written and verbal communication. Serves as consultant to others. Provides information, teaching Assists with coordination of social work services within hospital and as well as outside agencies. Provides proactive support in order to achieve departmental goals and improve employee satisfaction.,

8. Assists to promote department efforts to be cost effective. Maintains established productivity levels. Remains informed of budgetary restraints.

9. Complies with hospital policy/procedures. Assist in developing and implementing departmental, patient, human resources and financial goals and objectives as well as requirements of TJC , NJDOH, and other applicable Federal, state, local and/or accrediting agencies. Utilize established chain of command to communicate problems.

   Required Education and/or Experience:

• LCSW with a minimum of 3 years with current licensure in the state of NJ Required.

• MSW required

• Experience of Staff supervision to obtain LCSW, Managerial experience 2 years, Acute Care hospital experience 2 years, Managed Care experience, Electronic Medical Record, (EMR) experience preferred.

• Knowledge of community resources, insurance, legal, financial, and patient advocacy.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice

• Atlantic Mobile Health

• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years

• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare

• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare

• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review

• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP

• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets

• NJ Sustainable Business

  Located in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Chilton Medical Center has been ranked the top mid-sized hospital in NJ for six years in a row, according to Castle Connolly. The Leapfrog Group gave us an "A" Hospital Safety Grade and we've received the Lifeline Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. In addition, The Joint Commission recognized us as a Primary Stroke Center. We were awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. We achieved Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® identifies superior quality in nursing care and is the highest national honor for nursing excellence.

  EEO STATEMENT

  Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.