Hospice Social Worker

COASTAL HOSPICE INC•Salisbury, MD

11d•$60,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

Provides social work services to patients and families in collaboration with other IDG members, volunteers and community resources. The role focuses on delivering a high-quality hospice experience by understanding and meeting patient and family goals, while adhering to social work visit structures. This includes developing, implementing, and evaluating psychosocial care plans, assessing psychosocial function, and providing recommendations and support to patients and families. The position involves counseling, utilizing community resources, and effective communication with team members, physicians, and external resources. Coordination of care changes and bereavement support in collaboration with Chaplains are also key aspects. The role includes developing and providing education on the emotional and social dimensions of hospice care to staff, volunteers, and the community. Maintaining care continuity through accurate electronic record documentation and effective hand-off communication is essential. The position also involves promoting high-quality patient care and team operations by adhering to organizational policies and the interdisciplinary care model. Supervision of social work interns may be required, based on licensure and experience. Maintaining professional relationships with referral sources and community agencies is important. Collaboration with other social workers to meet program needs is expected. The role requires flexibility in scheduling to manage visit frequency and duration based on patient/family needs, and the ability to lift up to fifty pounds. Compliance with Coastal Hospice’s mission, values, vision, policies, and the Employee Handbook is mandatory.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school
Current LMSW license in the state of Maryland

Nice To Haves

2 years’ experience in hospital, long term care or hospice setting preferred
LCWS-C preferred

Responsibilities

Provides social work services to patients and families in collaboration with other IDG members, volunteers and community resources.
Provides a consistent high quality hospice experience for every patient and family served by soliciting and identifying patient and family goals while complying with established social work visit structure.
Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of the patient’s psychosocial care plan.
Provides assessment, planning, intervention and ongoing evaluation of psychosocial function to meet assigned patient and family needs/goals.
Making recommendations to members of the IDG and volunteers on ways to support the patient and/or family.
Assisting patients and families with personal and environmental difficulties.
Actively participating in IDG and family meetings to provide input on patient care and team support.
Providing patient/family counseling related to planned health care services.
Utilizing community resources to assist the patient/family to meet goals.
Communicates timely and effectively with the appropriate Team Leader/designee, physicians, patients, families, contracted vendors and community resources.
Coordinates with other members of the team the change in level of care or location of assigned patients.
In collaboration with Chaplains, provides bereavement support to families when appropriate.
Develops and provides education to Coastal Hospice staff, volunteers and community members regarding the emotional and social dimension of hospice patients.
Recording all pertinent information in a concise, effective manner according to organizational standards.
Completing documentation in the patient’s electronic medical record by the end of the assigned work day.
Providing hand off communication according to established policy and procedure.
Functioning within Coastal Hospice Policy and interdisciplinary care model in meeting team goals.
Supervises social work interns (BSW and MSW) as requested by the Team Leader and/or Social Work Resource Coordinator; supervision of BSW vs. MSW will be assigned based upon licensure and experience.
Maintaining effective professional relationships with referral sources, community agencies and other health care partners.
Participating in the on-call rotation for weekday and weekend coverage as assigned.
Utilizing Medical Social Work Resource Coordinator for complicated patient/family issues or concerns related to the Social Work discipline.
Works collaboratively with other social workers to meet program needs.