CONSULTANT Professional Overview Masters Social Work Performed medical social work services 10 years, multiple environments, providing patients families comprehensive psychosocial assessment, crisis counseling, grief counseling, end life counseling, assistance advance directives, code status, community referrals, related social service interventions Participated conflict negotiation, managed care operations ensuring appropriate cost effective patient care Received job training medical home health social worker Kaiser Permanente, South San Francisco, CA Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL Self motivated, effective communicator, able work independently, team, able perform well fast pace, high pressured work atmosphere Professional Summary ___________________________________________________ Advised consulted Missouri hospitals patients, utilizing InterQual, Medicare, Medicaid/MediCal, Social Security guidelines assist reducing hospital's loss revenue 80%, well reducing patient's pocket cost 75% Grant writing experience, receiving funding, ranging $35,000 $1,000,000 services including pre-school family preservation reunification services Organized supervised activities 10 volunteers responsible mentoring 30 pregnant parenting teens Education Masters Social Work Community, Organization, Planning, Administration University Southern California － City State GPA: Tommy Trojan award merits School Social Work Community, Organization, Planning, Administration Tommy Trojan award merits School Social Work Bachelors Art Psychology Loyola Marymount University － City State Psychology CPR Instructor Certification Garfield Medical Center － City State Experience Consultant January 1998 Current Company Name － City State Provide temporary medical social work services states California, Illinois Missouri, hospitals, hospice agencies, home health agencies, adult day health care programs, psychiatric facilities Assist patients end life issues, advanced directives, placement needs Perform crisis counseling, psychosocial assessments, care plans Developed proposal funding, received contract Los Angeles County Superior Court, Probate Investigator, evaluating needs elderly dependent adults Utilized Medicare, MediCal Social Security guidelines assist discharge planning, DME orders, referrals community services. Medical Social Worker January 2010 Current Company Name － City State Provide medical social work services Kaiser Permanente home health hospitals. Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Provide counseling functional losses, grief counseling, assistance end life issues. Educate patients advance directives, code status, community referrals. Document Clinical Documentation Systems familiar using Health Connect system. Medical Social Worker January 2006 January 2010 Company Name － City State Implement temporary medical social work services various environments, hospitals, hospice, adult day health care, home health psychiatric facilities. Provide patients families comprehensive psychosocial assessment, care plans, crisis counseling, grief counseling, end life counseling, assistance advance directives, code status, community referrals, related social service interventions, discharge planning, case management. Assess, initiate discharge planning providing psychosocial assessments, placements, counseling patients, acute rehabilitation units. Clinical Social Worker II January 2004 January 2006 Company Name － City State Initiated interventions identified risk patients families, admitted maternal child units, neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric unit, medical/surgical unit, icu, ccu emergency department. Assist patients crisis counseling, end life issues, reports local authorities, related social service interventions. Assisted health education department CPR re-certification hospital staff. Skills case management, counseling, CPR, discharge planning, Documentation, functional, health education, home health, hospice, Instructor, Assist patients, proposal, rehabilitation Memberships/Scholarly Societies American Heart Association California Board Behavioral Sciences National Association Social Workers YMCA Youth Coach