Medical Social Worker (MSW) PRN
About The Position
Elara Caring is hiring a Medical Social Worker (MSW) to provide home-based social work services to patients. The role supports the company’s mission to deliver quality care in patients’ homes and works with the Home Health team to help ensure compassionate, coordinated care. The Medical Social Worker assesses patients’ psychosocial, financial, and environmental needs; evaluates and addresses social work needs throughout care; and collaborates with patients, families, physicians, supervisors, and other care personnel. The position requires 50% travel between patient homes and assigned work locations and the ability to perform physical tasks that may include lifting, pushing, pulling, supporting, positioning, or transferring patients and moving equipment.
Requirements
- Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- At least 1 year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
- Current state license as a Social Worker.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Social work skills consistent with general social work standards.
- Ability to travel 50% of the time.
- Ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment.
- Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record, or reliable transportation to travel between patient homes and assigned work locations.
Responsibilities
- Perform all activities in alignment with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and Home Health team leadership.
- Assess patients’ psychosocial, financial, and environmental needs, using documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team reports, call-in logs, and on-site evaluations.
- Conduct the initial social work evaluation visit and reevaluate the patient’s social work needs during subsequent visits.
- Communicate significant findings, problems, and changes in a patient’s condition or environment to the Supervisor, physician, and other personnel involved in patient care.
- Report unsafe conditions and the outcome of each visit to the appropriate Supervisor by the end of the day.
- Implement the patient safety plan using patient, family, and community resources.
- Participate in developing and implementing the Plan of Care to support quality and continuity of care and appropriate discharge planning.
- Verify the Plan of Care before each visit and provide care according to physician orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.
- Initiate and revise the Plan of Care in response to identified patient care issues.
- Write physician orders for additional visits and changes to the Plan of Care, in accordance with agency policy.
- Incorporate patient care goals from the Plan of Care into services and document them in clinical notes.
- Perform appropriate skilled services and interventions according to accepted standards of practice and as certified by the patient’s physician.
- Counsel and instruct patients and families and include them in following the Plan of Care and meeting social work-related needs.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff.
- Continuing education opportunities at no cost for all employees.
- Opportunities for advancement.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Family and pet bereavement.
