Social Worker-Capital Caring Health

Chapters Health System • Falls Church, VA

1d • $62,249 - $92,652

About The Position

The Hospice Social Worker provides a wide variety of services to patients, caregivers, and families in accordance with individualized plans of care. The role actively participates in coordinating all aspects of patient care in accordance with current professional standards and practice. The Social Worker identifies and addresses the emotional and biopsychosocial needs associated with advanced illness and end of life.

Supervisory duties are performed only when recommended and the employee is educated to do so by organizational leadership. Clinical supervision may be provided by eligible staff when mutually agreed upon.

The role requires strong communication, organization, collaboration, assessment, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and community education skills. Social Workers must be able to work independently and as part of a team, manage competing needs and stressful situations, and demonstrate knowledge and sensitivity concerning grief and loss.

The position involves travel to patients’ homes or facilities, potentially in variable and challenging environments. Employees have access to regional business office space and equipment. The role requires proficiency with Microsoft Office, internet browsers, and patient health information systems. A conditional offer requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing, with ongoing compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy. Employees performing services for Florida affiliates are subject to background screening and ongoing eligibility verification through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of Master's-level Social Work experience in an interdisciplinary or health care setting.
• Minimum Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited Social Work school.
• Appropriate licensure from the governing body for practice in the applicable state: District of Columbia, Maryland, and/or Virginia.
• Strong oral and written communication, organization, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.
• Ability to manage competing patient needs, multiple tasks, and stressful situations while working independently and as part of a team.
• Skills in psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and counseling, and knowledge of the theoretical basis of social work practice.
• Ability to advocate for patients, families, and caregivers and sensitivity to grief and loss.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, internet browsers, and patient health information systems.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written or oral instructions and address problems of varying complexity.
• Ability to travel extensively, navigate to new customer locations on a tight schedule, and sometimes drive in heavy traffic.
• Ability to sit, talk or hear, stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects, reach, and push, pull, lift, or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to manage work-related stress and maintain consistent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to patients, caregivers, and families in accordance with individualized plans of care.
• Coordinate all aspects of patient care in accordance with current professional standards and practice.
• Identify and address emotional and biopsychosocial needs related to advanced illness and end of life.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, and counseling.
• Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers across settings.
• Provide community education to enhance understanding of end-of-life care.
• When recommended, educated, and mutually agreed upon, perform supervisory or clinical supervision duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time