Oncology Social Worker

2 weeks ago

Plainsboro, United States Penn Medicine Full time

**Description**

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
**Location: Plainsboro, NJ - **HYBRID ( 2-3 days a week remote and 2-3 in-person)**

** PA residents will need to obtain a Social Worker NJ License before employment.**

**Hours**:Day Shift / 40 hours per week/ No weekends/Holidays - 8 am - 4:30pm - Mon - Fri**

**Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Cancer Program Team?**

This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity We are an “all hands-on deck team” and we strive for the best care for our cancer patients.

**Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine**:

- Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including **eight** paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
- Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(_0.5 FTE and over_)
- Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. _Please click on this _LINK_ _for more information regarding our amazing benefits package._

Summary:

- The Oncology Social Worker (OSW) provides psycho-social care to cancer patients and their families across the continuum of the cancer experience from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship and/or palliative and end-of-life care. The OSW is responsible for providing assessment, counseling education, advocacy, and support programs to enhance patient's and families' ability to cope with physical, emotional, environmental, and social problems. The OSW collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to provide compassionate, patient-centered care.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provides psycho-social assessments, treatment planning and appropriate interventions or referrals for oncology patients with social, environmental, emotional, financial and/or medical needs.
- Utilizes cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in providing individual counseling and facilitating support groups. Recognizes, treats, monitors and refers to appropriate resources when patient experiences distress throughout the disease trajectory
- Provide crisis intervention when needed.
- Offers counseling to caregivers and family members of oncology patients as needed.
- Advocates for and protect patients' dignity, confidentiality, rights, and access to care.
- Acts on patient’s behalf and best interest among healthcare providers, family, and community.
- Provides information and resources relative to POLST forms, advanced directives (living wills and powers of attorney) DNR, and organ and tissue donation, and assists in documenting forms in the patient’s electronic health record.
- Assesses patients and families relative to needs and provides linkages to community resources and governmental programs available from local, regional, and national health and welfare agencies.
- Provides patient and family with referral(s) to resources: financial, spiritual, social and emotional support programs.
- Works in collaboration with other social workers to establish and maintain a financial counseling program.
- Identifies uninsured and underinsured patients and serves as a patient advocate with Medicare, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and other assistance programs.
- Communicates with patients, caregivers, navigators, ordering physicians, and other members of the treatment team, financial implications of medical intervention on both the patient and the health care provider.
- Educates patients regarding insurance coverage and out-of-pocket expenses
- Estimates patients’ financial obligations for services.
- Participates in multidisciplinary conferences such as Tumor Board and Cancer Committee meetings.
- Responds to patient/family and care team in a timely manner and documents appropriately.
- Upholds professional standards by adhering to the NASW code of ethics and AOSW standards of care for oncology social workers.
- Prepares and presents educational activities to patients/families, and multidisciplinary groups within PMPH as well as the local and regional community.
- Supervises Social Work students from affiliated universities as need

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