Medical Social Worker/Breast Health Patient Navigator
Eskenazi Health: EMBRACE Program, Indianapolis, IN (June 2014 – August 2016)
• Evaluated cancer prevention and treatment programs, write grants, collect and analyze data used to improve program services and obtain funding for the growth and development of the EMBRACE program
• Completed psychosocial assessments on patients to address any barriers to prevention, treatment, and care of breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancer
• Provided crisis intervention as needed to patients recently informed of their diagnoses
• Generated collaborative opportunities with Indiana State Department Health, St. Margaret’s Breast Center, Little Red Door and other local cancer organizations
Supplemental ER/Labor and Delivery/NICU Medical Social Worker
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (June 2014-May 2016)
• Completed psychosocial assessments
• Provided crisis intervention and wraparound services to patients in the emergency room and on the labor and delivery unit
• Assessed for domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, older adult abuse, suicide, gang violence and sexual assault
Labor and Delivery/NICU Medical Social Worker
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (May 2013-June 2014)
• Completed psychosocial assessments
• Provided crisis intervention and wraparound services to pregnant women, to women who had recently delivered a baby, and to infants receiving medical care in the neonatal intensive care unit
• Collaborated with the Department of Child Services to ensure safe discharge plans for newborns in at-risk environments
• Participated in the Indiana University Health Ethics Committee by providing social work intervention for cases with ethical issues pertaining to the medical care and treatment of patients
Eskenazi Health: EMBRACE Program, Indianapolis, IN (June 2014 – August 2016)
• Evaluated cancer prevention and treatment programs, write grants, collect and analyze data used to improve program services and obtain funding for the growth and development of the EMBRACE program
• Completed psychosocial assessments on patients to address any barriers to prevention, treatment, and care of breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancer
• Provided crisis intervention as needed to patients recently informed of their diagnoses
• Generated collaborative opportunities with Indiana State Department Health, St. Margaret’s Breast Center, Little Red Door and other local cancer organizations
Supplemental ER/Labor and Delivery/NICU Medical Social Worker
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (June 2014-May 2016)
• Completed psychosocial assessments
• Provided crisis intervention and wraparound services to patients in the emergency room and on the labor and delivery unit
• Assessed for domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, older adult abuse, suicide, gang violence and sexual assault
Labor and Delivery/NICU Medical Social Worker
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (May 2013-June 2014)
• Completed psychosocial assessments
• Provided crisis intervention and wraparound services to pregnant women, to women who had recently delivered a baby, and to infants receiving medical care in the neonatal intensive care unit
• Collaborated with the Department of Child Services to ensure safe discharge plans for newborns in at-risk environments
• Participated in the Indiana University Health Ethics Committee by providing social work intervention for cases with ethical issues pertaining to the medical care and treatment of patients