Medical Social Worker (LMSW or LCSW) for Hospice & Home Health| Full-time or PRN | Excell HH&H, OKC
About The Position
Excell Home Health and Hospice is currently hiring a Full-Time or PRN Medical Social Worker (MSW/LMSW) for our Home Health & Hospice team. This flexible position offers the opportunity to provide counseling, resource coordination, and emotional support to patients and families in their homes while working with a compassionate interdisciplinary care team. At Excell, our legacy is built on providing life-changing services to Oklahomans every day. As we celebrate 30 years of excellence, we invite you to become part of a milestone that honors our past while shaping our future. Here, you're more than an employee. You're an advocate, a caregiver, a trusted partner, and a source of hope for patients, families, and healthcare partners throughout our community. We aren't just filling a position. We're looking for a team member who wants to help shape our culture, support our growth, and make a lasting difference for patients and families. At Excell, you can expand on your "why" and join a team committed to creating a workplace defined by compassion, service, and purpose. Live your passion and commitment to exceptional care and help build the next chapter of our story.
Requirements
- A graduate of a Master’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Meets personnel qualifications stated in §418.114(b)(3).
- Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
- Minimum of one year's experience in health care.
- Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
- Possesses and maintains current CPR Certification.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.
Nice To Haves
- Hospice experience preferred.
- Understands hospice philosophy, and issues of death/dying.
- Experience in a hospice care required.
Responsibilities
- Implement standards of care for medical social work services to patients.
- Assess the psychosocial status of patients and families/caregivers related to the patient's terminal illness and environment and communicates findings to the registered nurse and other members of the interdisciplinary group.
- Provide an assessment in the patient's identified residence and assistance when this is not safe and another plan is required.
- Carry out social evaluations and plan intervention based on evaluation findings.
- Counsel patient and family/caregivers as needed in relationship to stress, and other identified coping difficulties.
- Maintain clinical records on all patients referred to social work.
- Provide information and referral services for organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.
- Provide information to patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Serve as liaison between patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patient care.
- Maintain and develop contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patient and personnel.
- Participate in the development of the individualized plan of care and attends regularly scheduled interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Assist physician and other team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems and death/dying issues.
- Actively participate in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
- Perform other duties as delegated by the Clinical Supervisor.
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Competitive pay
- Mileage reimbursement
- Meaningful patient impact
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
