Medical Social Worker- Home Health

Signature Healthcare at Home • Federal Way, WA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Signature Healthcare at Home is a leading provider of home health in Oregon and Washington, offering innovative home-based healthcare solutions designed to complement clients' lifestyles. The team is dedicated to enhancing the lives of clients by helping them achieve and sustain health, activity, and independence, guided by the principle of “Care Where You Are.” As a subsidiary of The Pennant Group, Signature Healthcare at Home benefits from the stability of a large network while operating with local autonomy. This role is field-based, serving clients across Tacoma, Puyallup, and surrounding cities, with territory flexibility based on business needs. The Medical Social Worker will partner with the team to support high-risk patients for rehospitalization, ensuring they receive necessary resources. This position involves providing social services to patients in their homes.

Requirements

• Master’s or doctoral degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Minimum of one year's social work experience in a healthcare setting.
• Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
• Possesses and maintains current CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a home health care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the psychosocial status of patients related to the patient’s illness and environment per the company’s Psychosocial Assessment Policy, including issues related to patient coping in the comprehensive assessment and plan of care.
• Provides rehabilitative and supportive social casework geared toward restoring patients to their optimum level of social and health adjustment, assisting patients and their families in understanding, accepting, and following medical recommendations.
• Helps patients utilize the resources of their families and the community by referring patients to resources or acting as a liaison/advocate on behalf of the patients in their dealings with other health and welfare agencies.
• Maintains a list of public and private agencies as resources for the patient and organization personnel.
• Assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties that predispose them toward illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care, ranging from counseling family members to assisting with admission into facility-based care.
• Consults with physician and other members of the health team to help them understand significant social, emotional, and environmental factors related to the patient’s health problems.
• Documents all assessments, plans of care, and clinical progress notes in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Attends case conference meetings.
• Participates in staff development activities and in-service education.
• Participates in the development and revision of physician’s plan of treatment for the patient.
• Participates in discharge planning.
• Acts as consultant for other agency clinical personnel.
• Communicates effectively with all providing care.
• Confirms on a weekly basis the scheduling of visits with Case Manager to coordinate necessary visits with other agency clinical personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Supports the mission, values, and goals of Signature Healthcare at Home.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level