Ambulatory Social Worker - Palliative Medicine and Support Care - FT - Day

Position Status:

Full time

Shift: First Shift (Days
- Less than 12 hours per shift) (United States of America)
Hours per week:40

Job Information Exemption Status:
Non-ExemptA Brief Overview The Ambulatory Social Worker provides psychosocial support to patients with chronic disease through interdisciplinary collaboration, with the Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care team. Provides social work services to patients, families, and caregivers who have a life-threatening illness during a time of change and uncertainty associated with disability, loss and grief. Provides support for grief and bereavement services provided in the Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care (PM&SC).Experience

Qualifications Experience in customer service. Preferred Practicum experience or work experience in clinical setting dealing with families.

Preferred Experience in group work, case work, and community methodologies. Preferred Licenses and Certifications Licensed Bachelor Social Worker - KSBSRB Temporary licensure may be accepted l licensure must be achieved upon expiration date of temporary license. Required or Licensed Masters Social Worker - KSBSRB Temporary licensure may be accepted l licensure must be achieved upon expiration date of temporary license. Required Advanced Certified Hospice & Palliative Care Social Worker (ACHP-SW) - NASW
- Magnet Preferred What you will do Participates in patient admission process (Inpatient, Outpatient, PHP, IOP) a) assists as needed with signing of voluntary papers, b) serves as hospital representative and patient advocate.

Coordinates and facilitates services for patients and their families throughout the entire Stormont Vail Health system.

Performs social work assessments, demonstrating awareness of the bio-psychosocial, cultural, developmental and spiritual ramifications of illness and hospitalization.

Develops appropriate case management and/or treatment plan based upon assessment, client/family/caregiver specific concerns and recommendations of multidisciplinary care team.

Addresses patient/family/caregiver understanding of and adjustment to the illness, to maximize benefits of intervention and enhance patient/family/caregiver functioning. Establishes supportive and therapeutic working relationship with patient/family/caregivers. Communicates in a clear and concise manner with patients/families/caregivers regarding patient status and progress. Evaluate and manage patient/family/caregivers psychosocial problems including conflict, isolation, treatment decisions, quality-of-life issues and transitions in care, advance directives, domestic violence, coping, anxiety, communication and functional  the process of restoring the patient’s capacity for social functioning: o Initiates discharge planning upon admission.

o Is responsible for assuring these plans are coordinated with internal and external multidisciplinary teams and are implemented. o Initiates and develops long term planning designed to reduce recidivism, referrals are to be made as indicated

Maintains and modifies, as appropriate, the bereavement process for families of patients who die while under the care of PM&SC, This includes; o Providing telephone grief support interventions o Assessing need for a more formal bereavement service o Refer families to external bereavement support groups

Provides liaison function between Palliative care team and community hospice, home care agencies, long-term care facilities and other community services as needed to assist the patient to continue life in community or to learn to live within the limits of disability. o Participates in performance improvement initiatives. o Coordinates educational and outreach services relevant to the social/palliative care interface.

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