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San Antonio, Texas Area

• Assess health status, level of functional independence, medical needs, and rehabilitation potential for all patients. • Assess patient's need for supportive counseling, provide adjustment support (in relation to affliction, and refer for additional mental health services as needed.• Provide ongoing re-assessment throughout the rehabilitation process.• Identify real and potential problems requiring interventions prior to moving the patient to the next level of care. • Establish and maintain effective relationships with third-party payers, external case managers, or other insurance liaisons to effectively manage use of resources. • Record in medical record necessary information to keep health care team apprised of goals, progress, and outcomes.• Educate patients and families regarding plans of care, care alternatives, and potential outcomes in order to collaboratively develop, coordinate, and implement a feasible and effective discharge plan.• Facilitate patient/family education with the rehabilitation team.

Westover Hills

• Conduct patient assessments regarding the home environment, support system, and prior level of functioning to identify barriers to discharge and address unmet needs. • Participate in weekly interdisciplinary care meetings to establish individualized care plans for patients. • Assume role of liaison between patients, families, doctors, therapists, psychologists, dieticians, insurance case managers and other healthcare professionals to maintain open lines of communication regarding patient needs and care plans. • Research and provide community resources to ensure all basic physical and psychological needs are met. • Provide emotional support to patients and families to assist in the adaptation to an injury/illness/hospitalization and as preparation for transition to home versus another level of care. • Maintain the cost accounting records for each patient admitted to track costs, diagnoses, outliers, and other information pertinent to the daily functioning of the hospital. • Complete patient assessment instruments for each patient upon admission and discharge to establish a tentative length of stay and to monitor patient outcomes. • Attend leadership meetings with the department directors and CEO to address issues relevant to hospital functioning and patient care.• Perform monthly chart audits to ensure compliance with guidelines set forth by The Joint Commission. • Working with an interdisciplinary team to establish a program/protocol to obtain JCHO certification for spinal cord injury.

• Assessed the psychosocial needs of the patient and family/support systems including age and cultural specific implications to optimize the patients’ care and management.• Actively participated in interdisciplinary patient care rounds on a daily basis in order to collaboratively formulate appropriate and realistic discharge plans.• Acted as liaison between doctors, patients, families, and care providers to ensure smooth transitions from hospital to place of discharge.• Played an active role in coordinating resources to efficiently and safely discharge the patient from the hospital and provide for continued needs to prevent re-hospitalization.• Collaborated with Child/Adult Protective Services and appeared in court when subpoenaed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients.• Worked in conjunction with Spiritual Care to provided crisis intervention to patients and family members.• Cooperated with physicians, nurses, medical staff, and administrators to enhance clinical outcomes by improving healthcare processes and devising/implementing improvement strategies.• Awarded hospital associate of the quarter (December 2011) for outstanding performance.

Dallas

• Completed psychosocial assessments of families to learn histories, traditions, values, dynamics, and perceived problems.• Advocated for patients regarding inequities the health care services while educating/mentoring caregivers to become future self advocates. • Provided immediate grief counseling and emotional support to bereaved families while in the hospital.• Helped families in crisis to recognize and enhance their strengths, abilities, and resources to maintain/improve functioning while adapting to an illnesses/hospitalization. • Provided therapeutic interventions focused on acute critical situations with the goal of restoring the person to the level of functioning before crisis.• Educated other departments in the roles of social work to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration.• Facilitated enrollment/connections with community resources and financial assistance programs to ensure the continued functioning of families after discharge.• Maintained documentation of social work services in a timely manner to ensure a complete and accurate medical record. • Contributed to program improvement though continuing education, professional development, and participation in evaluative measures.

• Worked with abused/neglected children and their families to address presenting issues, which necessitated child removal, for the ultimate goal of family reunification.• Obtained and analyzed information through family members and collateral contacts to assess the social, emotional, psychological, and medical needs of children in state custody. • Supervised parent-child visits to ensure a safe environment for children to maintain family bonds.• Acted as a liaison between parents, foster parents, attorneys, medical/psychiatric professionals and other interested parties for the purpose of clear communication and understanding.• Developed family plans, child plans, permanency plans, and case documentation to ensure adherence to state and federal guidelines.• Completed home visits to foster homes, kinship care providers, and residential treatment facilities to ensure the wellbeing of children in CPS care. • Conducted home assessments and home studies for caregivers wishing to provide permanent care for children when parental reunification was not feasible. • Attended court hearings to report the status and progress made by children and families in the CPS system.• Provided emotional support to children, parents, and family members involved in CPS cases.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social Work

Activities and Societies: NASW

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce

Activities and Societies: Delta Gamma, Panhellenic Council Delta Gamma Volunteer at Lighthouse for the Blind Graduated with honors