Per Diem Hospice Social Worker (Arlington County, VA)

Ennoble Care • Arlington County, VA, VA

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About The Position

Ennoble Care is seeking a compassionate and experienced Hospice Social Worker to work on a per diem basis in the Arlington, Virginia region. The role provides emotional support, counseling, and resources to hospice patients and their families while helping ensure comprehensive care. The Medical Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments, contributes to care planning and interdisciplinary coordination, documents services, evaluates responses to interventions, supports patients and families as needs evolve, and helps them access family and community resources.

Requirements

• Be licensed by the Virginia State Board of Social Work Examiners.
• Have a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Be a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).
• Have at least one year of post-master's social work experience in a health care setting.
• Be able to reliably handle and maintain confidential information.
• Be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order.
• Communicate well, both verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a psychosocial assessment within five days of hospice admission, covering emotional, social, financial, and environmental resources and identifying appropriate psychosocial problems, interventions, and goals for the plan of care.
• Participate in interdisciplinary group (IDG) meetings and develop the patient's plan of care.
• Observe, record, and report changes in the patient's emotional and social factors related to illness, care needs, and response to treatment.
• Maintain and submit required written clinical records, including the initial evaluation, care plan, and daily notes.
• Evaluate the patient’s and family’s responses to, and the effectiveness of, medical social work interventions.
• Confirm weekly visit scheduling with patients’ Case Managers to coordinate visits from other staff.
• Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.
• When a patient or family declines Social Work services, continue supporting the IDG in the patient's care and monitor the evolving needs of the patient and caregiver.
• Participate in discharge planning as needed.
• Pursue professional development through education, workshops, conferences, professional meetings, research, and reading.
• Assess the ability of patients and family members to cope with the patient's dying.
• Consult with health team members about social, emotional, and environmental factors related to the patient's health problems.
• Help patients use resources available through their families and communities.

Benefits

• Full-time employees qualify for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity benefits.
• Full-time employees qualify for paid time off and paid office holidays.
• All employees qualify for paid sick time.
• All employees qualify for a 401(k) with up to 3% company match.
• All employees qualify for a referral program.
• All employees qualify for Payactiv pay-on-demand, allowing them to access earned money.

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