Social Worker LMSW/LCSW – THPG Palliative Care – Full-Time, Days - Plano

Texas Health•Plano, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Palliative Care Social Worker will provide care consistent with National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization standards to patients requiring palliative care services across the THR System. This role involves assessing patient/family social and emotional factors, providing psychosocial counseling and support, assisting with community resources, and assessing financial/insurance status. The social worker will participate in daily care briefings, collaborate with staff on code status discussions, maintain electronic medical records, and support/educate patients, families, and caregivers. The position also involves coordinating patient and family services, maintaining the dignity of the dying patient, supporting spiritual and cultural beliefs, and providing holistic, family-centered care. Additionally, the role includes developing and implementing palliative care service lines, coordinating care with various departments and external providers, collecting data on palliative and hospice care quality, developing and leading educational initiatives for staff and the community, advocating for palliative care services, and participating in the hospital ethics committee.

Requirements

Master's Degree Social Work
2 Years experience in palliative or hospice care
LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker Upon Hire
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker Upon Hire

Responsibilities

Assess patient/family social and emotional factors in order to estimate their potential to cope with terminal illness and death.
Provide psychosocial counseling and support to the patient/family experiencing emotional, social and economic conflict.
Assist patient/family and staff in utilizing community resources.
Assess patient/family financial and insurance status and assist with appropriate resources as indicated.
Participate in Daily Care Briefings to establish, review and revise the plan of care for each patient, including exchange of information, review of problems, of professional support.
Collaborate with clinical and medical staff to improve code status discussions for all admissions.
Responsible for maintenance of electronic medical records, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with regulations, certification standards, ethical standards.
Support, instruct and educate the patient, family, and caregiver.
Coordinate all patient and family services.
Maintain the dignity of the dying patient.
Support the patients and family's unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.
Provide holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings to improve the quality of life.
Consult and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patients care.
Participates in the development and implementation of a palliative care service line.
Leadership in the planning, organization, communication and evaluation of all activities of the palliative care program.
Coordinates care for Palliative and Hospice patients with Care Transition Management, Pastoral care, Medical Staff, and Clinical staff excellent patient care for patients in need.
Act as primary interface/liaison with local Palliative and Hospice providers in conjunction with Care Transition Management to advance end-of-life and palliative care.
Collection of data pertinent to the determination of quality of palliative and hospice care services both as inpatient and post-acute necessary by the facility.
Develop and lead educational efforts to advance knowledge and skills of clinical and medical staff to promote palliative and hospice care.
Advocate for palliative care and hospice care when appropriate, lead efforts to promote palliative and hospice services as a clinical option with advanced disease in need of holistic care and complex symptom relief.
Community education for advanced directives, end-of-life care and palliative care services.
Participate in the hospital ethics committee.