Orientee-MSW

Visiting Nurse Health System Inc•Marietta, GA

1d•$56,000 - $84,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Visiting Nurse Health System (Visiting Nurse) is seeking a Medical Social Worker with experience in the Home Health space. The ideal candidate provides social, emotional, and psychological services/counseling to terminally ill patients and their bereaved families, enabling the patient to maintain independence and remain at home. The Home Health Medical Social Worker will facilitate alternative care placement requested by patient/family to an appropriate facility. Our values at Visiting Nurse, Respect and Integrity, Excellence, Stewardship, and Care are paramount to patient care and among our team members. If you are that special MSW that is looking for a rewarding opportunity, then we want to meet you at are office in Dunwoody, GA 30346. Who is Visiting Nurse Health System... Serving the Atlanta Area for over 78 years, Visiting Nurse is a leading provider of home healthcare, long-term care at home, hospice, and palliative care services, helping patients and their loved ones receive care at home following an illness, surgery, or hospital stay. Our vision is to be the first choice for patients, families, payers, and other healthcare providers when they need home healthcare services. To achieve patient and employee satisfaction scores and clinical outcomes within the top 10 percent of all home healthcare providers in the U.S. To continue to invest in our strong community partnerships, coordinated care solutions, top-performing workforce, and innovative technologies to improve affordability throughout the healthcare continuum. To be a financially strong organization where healthcare professionals prefer to work. For more information about Visiting Nurse, please visit vnhs.org.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work from an accredited institution of higher learning
GA licensure; LCSW preferred
Must have reliable transportation, valid driver's license, and current vehicle insurance
Minimum of 1 year experience

Responsibilities

Provides social, emotional, and psychological services/counseling to terminally ill patients and their bereaved families, enabling the patient to maintain independence and remain at home.
Facilitates alternative care placement requested by patient/family to an appropriate facility.
Demonstrates the skill and knowledge in counseling patients/ families using a variety of clinical theories of short- & long-term interventions; including identifying social, emotional, financial & environmental needs/issues and develop appropriate intervention plan.
Demonstrates sensitivity and skill in discussing loss issues with both children and adults.
Demonstrates skill to assess the patient /family’s coping ability e.g. strengths, weakness, and socio-cultural environment to develop a sound base for an instructional plan.
Demonstrates knowledge of agency policies and procedures related to social work to provide services within approved social worker parameters.
Demonstrates knowledge of eligibility criteria for federal and state services such as Medicare, Medicaid, AHS, SSI, Welfare, Veteran s benefits, etc. Assists patients/families to receive benefits to which they are eligible.
Completes initial assessment on patient and family within seven days of admission to the hospice home care program or residential center.
Assists patient/patient family with necessary forms, applications, documents in a timely manner that are required by outside agencies (i.e., OLPH, SWC applications, Medicare/Medicaid revocation/election/re-certification forms).
Ensures that documentation is consistent with the format required by departmental standards (i.e., progress notes reflect care plans.)
Demonstrates the ability to follow through in a thorough and timely manner on tasks assigned by management team and requests made by patients/families, referral sources, and community.