Social Worker Palliative Care

Samaritan • Mt Laurel, NJ

3d

About The Position

As Palliative Care Social Worker, you'll be responsible for providing individualized, person-centered psychosocial assessment, advance care planning and ongoing emotional support for individuals with serious illnesses and their families. The palliative care social worker helps to ensure continuity of care and a medical care plan that aligns with the patient and family goals of care.

Requirements

• Masters of Social Work from an accredited school of social work or related field
• NJ LSW
• valid Driver’s License and Evidence of Auto Insurance
• Healthcare experience, knowledge of community resources and experience serving vulnerable populations required

Responsibilities

• Complete psychosocial assessments with focus on patient and family level of coping with advanced illness.
• Develop and implement a plan of care to optimize psychosocial functioning of patients and families, addressing social determinants of health, to ensure continuity of care.
• Conduct home visits and visits to patients in health care facilities.
• Implement intervention strategies and referrals to appropriate community resources.
• Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary palliative care team to provide supportive care to patients with serious illnesses and their families.
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with members of other medical teams caring for palliative care patients in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Facilitate discharge planning as appropriate.
• Assist with goal setting and advanced care planning and help facilitate completion of advance directive documents when appropriate, collaborating with palliative care team.
• Facilitate and co-facilitate family meetings to identify and address goals of care.
• Provide crisis intervention and supportive services to patients and families in situations such as domestic, child or elder abuse, death and dying issues, etc.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date resource information and foster strong working relationships with organizations providing resources needed by patients and families.
• Document in electronic medical record in a timely manner.
• Serve as liaison between outpatient and inpatient palliative care teams, discharge planning, and social service departments.
• Serve as liaison between palliative care team and home care agencies, long-term care facilities, other community services and Samaritan’s hospice staff.
• Other duties as assigned to support the palliative care program and Samaritan.

Benefits

• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Tuition & Mileage Reimbursement
• 403(b) with 3 % employer match.
• Full Medical, Dental, Vision benefits, and more.
• Generous PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level