Hospice Social Worker (Dayton, OH)
About The Position
Ennoble Care is seeking an experienced, per diem Hospice Social Worker to serve patients in the Dayton, Ohio region and surrounding areas. The role provides psychosocial support to hospice patients and families, contributes to individualized care planning, and coordinates with the interdisciplinary team. The Medical Social Worker assesses emotional, social, financial, and environmental circumstances; monitors how illness affects patients and families; and helps them access family and community resources. The position also involves maintaining clinical records, participating in care and quality meetings, and supporting patients and caregivers as their needs evolve. Ennoble Care is a mobile primary care, palliative care, and hospice provider whose clinicians visit patients at home. Its programs include remote patient monitoring, behavioral health management, and chronic care management. The posting describes this position as per diem. It lists benefits available to full-time employees separately from benefits available to all employees.
Requirements
- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).
- Master’s degree in social work from a graduate school 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 is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Conduct a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive assessment within five days of hospice admission, including review 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 the development of the patient’s plan of care.
- Observe, record, and report changes in patients’ emotional and social factors related to illness, care needs, and treatment response.
- Maintain and submit written clinical records as required by the agency, including the initial evaluation, care plan, and daily notes.
- Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to and the effectiveness of medical social work interventions.
- Confirm visit schedules weekly with patients’ Case Managers to coordinate visits by other staff.
- Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.
- When a patient or family declines social work services, continue to support the IDG in caring for the patient and monitor evolving patient and caregiver needs.
- Participate in discharge planning as needed.
- Pursue professional development through formal education, workshops, conferences, professional meetings, research, and reading.
- Assess the patient’s and family members’ ability 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 family and community resources.
Benefits
- Full-time employees qualify for medical, dental, vision, and supplementary benefits, including life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity.
- Full-time employees qualify for paid time off and paid office holidays.
- All employees qualify for paid sick time.
- 401(k) with up to 3% company match.
- Referral program.
- Payactiv pay-on-demand, allowing employees to cash out earned money when and where needed.
