Medical Social Worker - Home Health

Peace Health is seeking a Medical Social Worker
- Home Health for a Full Time, 0.80 FTE, Day position. The salary range for this job opening at Peace Health is $38.22 – $57.34.

Responsible for the provision of direct social work service in Home Health and/or Hospice utilizing the professional healthcare process of assessment, problem identification/planning, action/intervention and clinical goal/outcome evaluation.

• Providing direct casework services to clients related to their medical/psychiatric diagnosis, including biopsychosocial assessment, assisting with long-term planning and decision making, crisis intervention and short-term therapy.

• Performing holistic evaluation of patient/home, developing an appropriate plan of care, initiating discharge planning, evaluating progress towards goals and monitoring achievement of desired outcomes.

• Providing skilled social work services to patients and education/instruction to patients and caregivers according to the home care/hospice plan of treatment.

• Performing holistic assessment and, as clinical indicated, coordinating and modifying the plan of care with the patient, caregiver, case manager, primary physician and other members of the inter/multi-disciplinary healthcare team.

• Evaluating patient/home environment as related to holistic healthcare/social needs and making appropriate referrals to other services, agencies and community resources as clinically indicated in collaboration with the case manager and primary physician.

• Coordinating social work services, collaborating and communicating with other members of the inter/multi-disciplinary team to assure an appropriate and smooth flow of care/services for the patient through the care continuum.

• Evaluating, reviewing, and revising the patient’s social work plan of care on a regular basis and, as clinically indicated, taking prompt action in response to changes in the patient’s health condition in collaboration with the case manager.

• As part of on-going discharge planning and care coordination, evaluating interventions and outcomes of social work services by reviewing goals set in plan of care utilizing plan of care and physician’s orders.

• Providing services to a generally adult patient/caregiver population and given area of clinical specialty and skill. May also provide services to pediatric population.

• Providing services to all patients utilizing appropriate universal infection control precautions and practices (standard and transmission-based precautions), including individuals with communicable diseases.

• For incorporation into the home care/hospice record, provide skilled and timely clinical documentation in compliance with regulatory, quality and Agency guidelines.

• Performing quality/outcome-oriented home visits and other job duties according to Agency productivity standards.

• Proactively initiating and participating in patient care inter/multi-disciplinary case conferences and meetings, as well as education and in-service programs.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Master's Degree
  
  Required:
  
  Social Work from an accredited school of Social Work

• Minimum of 2 years Preferred: experience in a healthcare setting and

• Required:
  
  Social Worker Advanced License
  - Washington or

• Required:
  
  Social Worker Associate Advanced License
  - Washington or

• Required:
  
  Social Worker Associate Independent Clinical License
  - Washington or

• Required:
  
  Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker-Washington

• Required:
  
  Basic Life Support and

• Required:
  
  Driver's License and auto insurance

• Collaborative/cooperative working and communication skills (Required)

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written (Required)

• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of patients and…