Social Worker - Greenbelt - Capital Caring Health

Chapters Health System•Lanham, MD

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Hospice Social Worker provides a wide variety of services to patients/caregivers/families in accordance with the individualized plan of care. The Social Worker actively participates in coordination of all aspects of the patient’s care in accordance with current professional standards and practice. The Social Worker’s expertise lies in identifying and addressing the emotional and biopsychosocial needs in advanced illness at end of life.

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 a Social Work accredited school.
Appropriate licensure from the governing body for practice from the applicable state: District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and/or the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Superlative oral and written communication skills.
Ability to organize and manage competing patient needs.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and stressful situations with a positive attitude.
Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
Skills in psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention and counseling.
Demonstrates and applies knowledge of theoretical basis to social work practice.
Knowledge of and sensitivity to issues of grief and loss.
Exceptional leadership skills, including a faculty for conceptual thinking, peer motivation, problem solving, and demonstrated initiative, follow-up and follow-through.
Ability to work in a fast paced environment utilizing tact, patience, and diplomacy.
Ability to work independently.
Comfortable with conflict resolution and management.
Ability to facilitate the development of trusting relationships and partnerships with physicians, payers, patients and coworkers.
Ability to maintain a positive public image for Capital Caring Health through interactions with patients and employees.
Ability to communicate respectfully, openly, honestly and directly.
Ability to effectively manage work related stress and maintain consistent customer service focus skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet browsers.
Ability to effectively utilize patient health information systems.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form and deal with problems of various levels of complexity.

Nice To Haves

Push and pull heavy objects.
Serve as coach, mentor and a positive role model.
Drive extensively and navigate to new customer locations, on a tight schedule, sometimes in heavy traffic.

Responsibilities

Provides a wide variety of services to patients/caregivers/families in accordance with the individualized plan of care.
Actively participates in coordination of all aspects of the patient’s care in accordance with current professional standards and practice.
Identifies and addresses the emotional and biopsychosocial needs in advanced illness at end of life.
Performs Supervisory duties when recommended and educated to do so by organizational leadership.
Provides Clinical Supervision when mutually agreed upon.
Conducts effective community education that enhances understanding of end of life care.
Advocates for patient/family/caregiver across settings.
Serves as coach, mentor and a positive role model.
Drives extensively and navigates to new customer locations, on a tight schedule, sometimes in heavy traffic.