Monica Marra
High Point,NC
Summary
Highly skilled and enthusiastic professional with more 25 years of experience in the social work field. Looking to enhance and grow career by seeking opportunities in the field of academia. Providing clinical supervision to post graduate social work students has been extremely rewarding and would like to continue to build upon this and give back to the profession.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Care Coordination Supervisor
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
- Provides direct leadership and mentoring to a team of social workers and nurse case managers providing services to patients from different populations in an acute care setting.
- Collaborates with hospital administration, legal, and direct department leadership to manage patients with complex discharge planning needs.
- Assists in coverage of patient units for direct reports
- Hires and trains clinical social work staff, creates job assignments, serves on various hospital committees.
- Provides clinical supervision for department and ancillary department staff that are seeking their clinical licensure.
- Advocates for patients in order to provide them with the best possible discharge outcome
- Counsels patients to help them begin to overcome dependencies, recover from illness, and adjust to change
Interim Social Work Supervisor
Alamance Regional Medical Center/Cone Health
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Worked with hospital administration to provide leadership and mentoring for the clinical social work department along with other interdisciplinary teams throughout the hospital for both Alamance Regional and Wesley Long campuses.
- Trained and oriented new staff and oversaw the department weekly staffing schedule.
- Referred patient or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education.
- Collaborated with other professionals to evaluate patient's medical or physical condition and to assess patient's discharge needs.
- Continued to cover ICU, Birthplace, NICU, and General Surgery units while interim supervisor.
Lead Social Worker /Social Work Discharge Planner
Alamance Regional Medical Center/Cone Health
02.2003 - 07.2019
- Served as mentor for social workers providing services to patients
- Performed discharge planning for patients of various populations
- Developed a resource manual to be utilized by staff, hospital wide to assist in discharge planning for after hours and weekends.
- Assisted in starting up the Level 2/3 NICU program
- Assisted in starting up the inpatient dialysis unit
- Performed utilization review duties such as clinical reviews and assignment of DRG's.
Hospital Social Worker/Discharge Planner
Aiken Regional Medical Center
05.1998 - 09.2002
Social Work Graduate Intern
Hitchcock Hospice
08.2001 - 05.2002
Social Work Graduate Intern
Aiken Regional Medical Center
08.2000 - 05.2001
Education
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC05.2002
Master of Arts - Public Health Adminstration
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC12.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC05.1995
Certification
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker - July 2016-Current
- Accredited Case Manager-October 2005-Current
Timeline
Care Coordination Supervisor
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
Interim Social Work Supervisor
Alamance Regional Medical Center/Cone Health
07.2019 - 07.2020
Lead Social Worker /Social Work Discharge Planner
Alamance Regional Medical Center/Cone Health
02.2003 - 07.2019
Social Work Graduate Intern
Hitchcock Hospice
08.2001 - 05.2002
Social Work Graduate Intern
Aiken Regional Medical Center
08.2000 - 05.2001
Hospital Social Worker/Discharge Planner
Aiken Regional Medical Center
05.1998 - 09.2002
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of South Carolina
Master of Arts - Public Health Adminstration
University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
College of Charleston
Similar Profiles
Kaegon MatlockKaegon Matlock
Nursing Assistant I and Telemetry Tech at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterNursing Assistant I and Telemetry Tech at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
DEANNA NELL INGRAMDEANNA NELL INGRAM
Travel Staff Nurse II at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterTravel Staff Nurse II at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
ALEXIS RENTERIAALEXIS RENTERIA
Registered Respiratory Therapist at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterRegistered Respiratory Therapist at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Paul OrsbornPaul Orsborn
Cardiac Sonographer at Atrium wake forest baptist medical centerCardiac Sonographer at Atrium wake forest baptist medical center
Kervens DestineKervens Destine
Warehouse Associate at AmazonWarehouse Associate at Amazon