Hospice Social Worker (Dayton, OH)

Ennoble Care • Cincinnati, OH

13h

About The Position

Ennoble Care is seeking an experienced, per diem Hospice Social Worker to serve patients in the Cincinnati, Ohio region and surrounding areas. The role provides psychosocial support to hospice patients and their families, contributes to individualized plans of care, and coordinates with the interdisciplinary health team. The social worker assesses emotional, social, financial, and environmental needs; monitors patients’ and caregivers’ evolving needs; and helps them use family and community resources. The position also involves clinical documentation, care coordination, discharge planning when needed, and ongoing professional development.

Requirements

• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).
• Master’s degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• At least one year of post-master’s social work experience in a health care 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 admission to hospice, including assessment of emotional, social, financial, and environmental resources and identification of 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 patients’ emotional and social factors affected by illness, care needs, and responses to treatment.
• Maintain and submit required written clinical records, including initial evaluations, care plans, and daily notes.
• Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to and the effectiveness of medical social work interventions.
• Confirm weekly visit schedules with patients’ Case Managers to coordinate visits by other staff.
• Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.
• Continue offering support to the IDG and monitor evolving patient and caregiver needs when a 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 to help them understand social, emotional, and environmental factors related to patients’ health problems.
• Help patients use resources available through their families and communities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplementary benefits, including life insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity.
• Paid time off.
• Paid office holidays.
• Paid sick time.
• 401(k) with up to 3% company match.
• Referral program.
• Payactiv pay-on-demand access to earned wages.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level