Social Worker HPH Hospice

Chapters Health•Brooksville, FL

About The Position

The Social Worker provides and coordinates social services, including psychosocial support, for patients and their families. The role supports hospice, palliative care, and, where applicable, home health services. The Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments, supports patients and families in making decisions and working with resource providers, helps clinical staff understand family dynamics and social or emotional factors related to health problems, and collaborates with other professionals to support quality and continuity of care. The position requires maintaining timely, complete, accurate, and clear documentation and meeting the competency requirements for the role. Hospice duties include providing psychosocial support and other social services, sharing care responsibilities with clinicians and volunteers, contributing to advance directive information and Plan of Care development, attending and participating in Interdisciplinary Group meetings, and evaluating bereavement needs in coordination with bereavement staff. Palliative care duties include supporting patient-family meetings for goal setting and advance care planning, providing emotional support, coordinating relevant education and outreach, and serving as a liaison among palliative care teams and community providers. Home health duties include contributing to individualized Plans of Care and case conferences, observing and reporting clinical symptoms and changes, and addressing barriers to pain and symptom management through appropriate education. For the Florida Keys and North Florida (3A) addendum, duties may also include bereavement counseling and volunteer coordination. These may include evaluating survivor bereavement needs, providing grief support, facilitating support groups, recruiting and training volunteers, supervising and evaluating volunteers, maintaining volunteer records, and participating in volunteer programs and events. The position requires a valid driver's license and automobile insurance in accordance with company policy, travel to off-site locations, and the ability to access patients in homes and care facilities. Compensation is listed as $55,232.15–$86,300.24. The position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer and ongoing compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy. Employees performing services for Florida affiliates are subject to background screening eligibility verification after a conditional offer and ongoing eligibility review.

Requirements

Master’s degree or above in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited program. The posting notes grandfathering exceptions for certain employees hired before 2009 or before April 21, 2019, and says a bachelor’s degree may be considered depending on geographic area; Home Health requires an MSW.
Employees working in Georgia must have a current Georgia LCSW.
At least one year of experience, including social work or counseling internship experience, in a health care or hospital setting.
Familiarity with and working knowledge of concepts and practices involving adult and pediatric patients, including death and dying in hospice and serious illness in palliative care.
Previous experience with an electronic medical or health record system.
Experience with children, family, and group modalities.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively handle the emotional stress of the workload.
Ability to remain calm and professional, troubleshoot, and intervene appropriately in patient or family crisis situations.
Ability to demonstrate high ethical standards regarding the hospice mission, confidentiality, sensitivity, and flexibility.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team environment and intervene appropriately.
Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance in accordance with company policy.
Ability to travel to off-site locations.
Ability to physically access homes, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, including navigating stairs, narrow spaces, and facilities without air conditioning.
Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for the position.
Consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer and ongoing compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy.
For employees performing services for Florida affiliates, eligibility for background screening verification after a conditional offer and ongoing eligibility review.

Responsibilities

Perform and document psychosocial assessments.
Empower patients and families to work with resource providers and make decisions on their own behalf.
Assist clinical staff in understanding family dynamics and social and emotional factors related to health problems, and in developing nonjudgmental plans to address issues.
Maintain documentation that is timely, complete, accurate, legible, and clear regarding goals and interventions.
Consult and collaborate with other professionals to promote quality and continuity of patient and family care.
Perform other duties as assigned.
For home health services, participate in development of individualized Plans of Care and in case conferences.
For home health services, observe clinical symptoms, treatment reactions, and emotional status, and report pertinent changes to appropriate staff.
For home health services, anticipate barriers to pain and symptom management, identify differences between curative and palliative care goals, and provide appropriate education.
Respect patients’ wishes and stated goals when planning and providing care.
For hospice services, share responsibility with clinicians and volunteers for patient and family care, including psychosocial support, advance directive information, Plan of Care development, and other social services according to need.
Attend and participate in Interdisciplinary Group meetings; assist with developing and updating Plans of Care; explain social services and bereavement aspects of care; and provide the team with goals and interventions.
Evaluate bereavement needs, including making condolence calls, assessing risk, and coordinating the Plan of Care with bereavement staff.
For palliative care services, assist the team and/or facilitate patient-family meetings for goal setting and advance care planning.
Provide emotional support to patients and families facing serious illness.
Coordinate educational and outreach services related to social services and palliative care.
Serve as a liaison among outpatient and inpatient palliative care teams, discharge planning and social service departments, and community hospice, home care agencies, long-term care facilities, and other community services.
Where applicable in the Florida Keys and North Florida, evaluate survivor bereavement needs, provide grief guidance and support, facilitate bereavement and holiday support groups, and maintain bereavement documentation.
Where applicable in the Florida Keys and North Florida, recruit, screen, train, assign, supervise, and evaluate volunteers; support volunteer programs and recognition; maintain volunteer records; participate in volunteer events and committees; and provide volunteer-related feedback and liaison support at Interdisciplinary Group meetings.
Represent the company professionally; comply with applicable regulations and company policies; observe health, safety, security, and confidentiality practices; use resources responsibly; and participate in community, professional, quality improvement, research, education, and performance improvement activities.
Improve professional knowledge and skills, advance electronic media skills, and share expertise with coworkers.