Medical Social Worker/Social Worker Assistant - Partners in Care Hospice

Why Join Our Team?

At Partners In Care Hospice, we believe in promoting a positive work culture where every individual feels valued and appreciated. We encourage our employees to maintain a positive work/life balance and welcome employee input as we grow and evolve. Our employees promote our core values: quality, passion, compassion, dignity/respect, honesty/integrity, training/education, dependability, professionalism, and responsiveness. As part of our team, you will improve our patient’s quality of life, while respecting their last wishes, throughout the end-of-life process. We believe it important for each employee to be an integral part of a dynamic, supportive work culture and greatly value their input.

Medical Social Worker/Social Worker

A vital part of hospice is the carefully selected and well-trained Hospice Social Worker. The Hospice social worker must be capable of compassionate communication with patients and their families. Hospice social workers need to have keen observation skills, high ethical standards, and knowledge of when to alert doctors and others about changes in patient conditions. They must be resilient and sympathetic, and they should have emotional and physical stability to deal with the challenges of severe illness and death. The Hospice social worker is calm under pressure. In addition, they need to be good listeners. Whether they’re listening to the family or the patient, they’ll hear pain, tragedy, fear, and uncertainty in their voices and it’s the social worker job to help them come to terms with the situation.

Partners In Care Hospice is a hospice provider in the Placer/Sacramento/Nevada and El Dorado counties whose mission is to provide compassionate care and educate the community about the benefits of hospice. We are looking for a Hospice Nurse to work with our inter-disciplinary team including physicians, hospice aides, chaplain, social worker, and volunteers to provide holistic care to our patients, families, and caregivers. The Hospice nurse is required to provide point of service electronic charting and documentation at time of patient visit or admission. Ability to operate a computer and / or a tablet PC, and proficiency with Windows- based software programs, is required.

All qualified candidates are invited to apply! We look forward to speaking with you.

Benefits:

• Competitive weekly pay with direct deposit

• Paid training for new employees

• Paid sick time

• Paid vacation benefits

• Mileage Reimbursement

Duties of Position

·         Provide Medical Social Services to the patient and/or family according to the Plan of Care.

Position Responsibilities

·         Conduct a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive assessment within 5 days of admission to the hospice program. This includes emotional, social, financial, and environmental resources and to identify appropriate psychosocial problems, interventions, and goals for the patient’s plan of care.

·         Participate in IDG meetings and the development of the patient’s plan of care. Assists the IDG in understanding the significant social and emotional factors related to a terminal illness.

·         Observe, record and report changes on the patient's emotional and social factors that are being affected by the patient's illness and his/her need for care and his/her response to treatment.

·         Maintain and submit written clinical records as deemed by the Agency, including the initial evaluation, the care plan, and daily notes.

·         Evaluate the patients and family's response to, and effectiveness of, the medical social work intervention.

·         Providing psychosocial and emotional support to the patient/family.

·         Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits with the patients’ Case Managers to facilitate coordination of other staff visits.

·         Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.

·         If the patient/family declines Social Work services, the social worker continues to offer support to the IDG in its care of the patient and to monitor the patient/caregiver’s evolving needs.

·         Participate in discharge planning, as needed.

·         Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her Medical Social Worker practice through formal education, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organizational meetings, and/or individual research and reading.

·         Assess the patient's/ family members’ ability to cope with the patient’s dying.

·         Act as consultant to the members of the health team, assists them in understanding the social, emotional, and environmental factors related to the patient's health problems.

·         Help patients to utilize the resources of their families and the community.

·         Facilitating appropriate community resources and providing casework.

Job Conditions:

·         The Ability to access patients’ homes which may not routinely wheelchair accessible is required.

·         Physical activities will include walking, sitting, stooping, and standing.

Equipment Operation

·         Utilization of computer, telephone, copy machine, and other office equipment.

Company Information

·         Has access to patient medical records.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work degree from a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education and clinical experience relevant to the psychosocial needs of patients and families OR Baccalaureate degree in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; one (1) year of Social Work experience in a healthcare setting required and will be supervised by an MSW.

• Hospice experience preferred.

• Must be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order.

• The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.