Hospice Social Worker

2 weeks ago


Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States JKV Full time
Job Summary

JKV is seeking a skilled Hospice Social Worker to provide psychosocial care to patients and families in need. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will assess patient/family factors, evaluate insurance coverage, and assist with discharge planning. Your expertise will help ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients and their loved ones.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assess patient/family factors to estimate capacity to cope with diseases, terminal illness, and death
  • Assist patient/family with utilizing community resources
  • Evaluate patient's insurance coverage and assess appropriate resources available to assist patient/family with financial obligations
  • Submit paperwork in a timely manner to update and maintain patient medical records
  • Assist in discharge planning from hospitals to homes or nursing home placement of patients
  • Handle on-call social work services
  • Participate in regularly scheduled interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate the care of the patient and family, exchanges information and problem solves, and receives staff support and in-service information
  • Assess and evaluate patient's level of care needs and caregiver's needs for respite care and reports changes to the Clinical Manager
  • Assess emotional factors related to terminal illness
  • Assist the IDT members in recognizing and understanding the social/mental stress and/or disorder that exacerbates the symptoms related to terminal illness
  • Assess the patient/family psychosocial status, potential for risk of suicide and/or abuse or neglect
  • Assess environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety, including the caregiver's ability to function adequately
  • Participate in the development and revision of the plan of care
  • Provide short-term individual counseling, and crisis intervention
  • Address funeral planning issues and assists with preparation of advance directives
  • Assess special needs related to cultural diversity including communication, space, role of family members and special traditions
  • Assess need for counseling related to risk assessment for pathological grief and bereavement needs
  • Identify patient/family needs when discharged or when level of care changes
  • Participate in agency quality assessment performance improvement (QAPI) programs
  • Apply the policies and procedures of the agency and the rules and regulations of federal and state regulatory agencies and other certified agencies in providing care
  • Adhere to all safety regulations and requirements
  • Handle stress well and gets along with others within the workplace and with customers outside the department; maintains acceptable standards of workplace conduct
Requirements
  • Ability to determine time, place and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determinations and/or reporting on events
  • Ability to deal with individuals in terms of their total personality in order to advise, counsel, and/or guide them with regard to problems that may be resolved by legal, scientific, clinical, spiritual, and/or other professional principles
  • Ability to use body members, hand tools, and/or special devices to work, move or carry objects or materials
  • Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
  • Ability to communicate with an interdisciplinary team and advocate for the need of the resident
Education

Must hold LMSW in the State of Missouri; or ability to obtain within 3 months of hire



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