Hospice Social Worker (Easton, PA) - Per Diem
About The Position
Ennoble Care is seeking an experienced per diem Hospice Social Worker in the Easton, Pennsylvania region. The role provides emotional and practical support to patients and families during end-of-life care, with an emphasis on compassionate, personalized care. The social worker assesses psychosocial needs, contributes to patient care planning, coordinates with the interdisciplinary team, and helps patients and families access family and community resources. The position requires maintaining clinical records, monitoring patients' emotional and social needs and responses to care, and evaluating the effectiveness of social work interventions. The social worker also supports the healthcare team in understanding social, emotional, and environmental factors affecting patients' health.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Social Work degree.
- At least one year of post-bachelor’s social work experience in a healthcare setting.
- Ability to reliably handle and maintain confidential information.
- Licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order.
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing.
Nice To Haves
- Hospice experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Conduct a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive 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 contribute to development of the patient's plan of care.
- Observe, record, and report changes in the patient's emotional and social factors affected by 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 response to and the effectiveness of medical social work interventions.
- Confirm visit schedules with patients’ Case Managers weekly to coordinate visits by other staff.
- Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.
- Continue offering support to the IDG and monitoring the patient’s and caregiver’s evolving needs when the patient or family declines Social Work services.
- Participate in discharge planning as needed.
- Pursue ongoing professional development through education, workshops, conferences, professional meetings, research, and reading.
- Assess patients’ and family members’ ability to cope with the patient’s dying.
- Consult with health team members and help them understand social, emotional, and environmental factors related to the patient’s health problems.
- Help patients use resources available through their families and the community.
Benefits
- Full-time employees qualify for medical, dental, vision, and supplementary benefits, including life insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, and hospital indemnity.
- Paid time off for full-time employees.
- Paid office holidays for full-time employees.
- Paid sick time for all employees.
- 401(k) with up to 3% company match for all employees.
- Referral program for all employees.
- Payactiv pay-on-demand, allowing employees to access earned money when and where they need it.
