Social Worker 2, Palliative Care
About The Position
This role is responsible for providing psychosocial-emotional support and services to patients and families. The Social Worker will assist patients and families in understanding, coping, and adapting to the personal, emotional, and bio-psychosocial issues associated with the patient's illness. This includes conducting comprehensive assessments, making referrals, providing crisis intervention, and managing care. The position requires collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team and other internal and external personnel to promote awareness of environmental and psychosocial needs, and to develop and implement treatment plans that support a patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community. The role may also involve providing functional direction to unlicensed social work staff and social work interns.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Social Work required
- 1 year of clinical, case management, social work or related experience required
- Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers by American Heart Association required
Responsibilities
- Providing psychosocial-emotional support and services to patients and families.
- Assisting patients and families in understanding, coping, and adapting to the personal, emotional, and bio-psychosocial issues associated with the patient's illness.
- Providing comprehensive assessments and referrals.
- Providing crisis intervention and care management.
- Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team and other internal and external personnel to promote an awareness of environmental and psychosocial needs.
- Developing and implementing treatment plans that support a patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
- May provide functional direction to unlicensed social work staff and social work interns.
Benefits
- Free Continuing Education and certification including BLS, ACLS and PALS
- Tuition reimbursement, education programs and scholarships
- Vacation time starts building on Day 1, and builds with your seniority
- Free money toward retirement with a 403(b) and matching contributions
- Great food options with on-demand ordering
- Free parking and electric charging
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our culture at Community. All are welcome as valued members of our community.
- We know that our ability to provide the highest level of care is through taking care of our incredible teams. Learn more on our Benefits page.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
