Social Worker LMSW/LCSW – THPG Palliative Care – Full-Time, Days – Dallas Presbyterian

Social Worker LMSW/LCSW – THPG Palliative Care – Full-Time, Days – Dallas Presbyterian

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231

Work hours:  Full-time, 40 hours weekly, Monday thru Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Texas Health Provider Group Palliative Care Department Highlights:

• The Palliative Care Social Worker will provide care consistent with National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization standards to patients requiring palliative care services across the THR System.

Here's What You Need

Education

• Master's Degree Social Work (required)

Experience

• 2 Years' Experience in Palliative or Hospice Care (preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker Upon Hire (required) or

• LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker Upon Hire (required)

Skills

• Knowledge of palliative care and hospice services, philosophy and end of life issues.

• Comfort in dealing with death and dying issues, complex social, spiritual and personal issues and the ability to counsel and support patients and families with dignity and respect regardless of their personal belief.

• Comfort with advance directive counseling and end-of-life conversations.

• Ability to speak to palliative and hospice philosophy and practice to advocate service line to clinical and medical staff.

• Ability to coordinate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide palliative and hospice care services.

• Knowledge of community resources including Medicare/Medicaid, financial aid, county, state and private social services agencies.

• Must be able to work independently, have demonstrated patient care planning and patient teaching skills and strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Must have general computer skills and a working knowledge of electronic heath records, MS Office, Outlook and the Internet.

What You Will Do

• Assess patient/family social and emotional factors in order to estimate their potential to cope with terminal illness and death.

• Provide psychosocial counseling and support to the patient/family experiencing emotional, social and economic conflict.

• Assist patient/family and staff in utilizing community resources.

• Assess patient/family financial and insurance status and assist with appropriate resources as indicated.

• Participate in Daily Care Briefings to establish, review and revise the plan of care for each patient, including exchange of information, review of problems, of professional support.

• Collaborate with clinical and medical staff to improve code status discussions for all admissions.

• Responsible for maintenance of electronic medical records, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with regulations, certification standards, ethical standards.

• Support, instruct and educate the patient, family, and caregiver.

• Coordinate all patient and family services.

• Maintain the dignity of the dying patient.

• Support the patients and family's unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.

• Provide holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings to improve the quality of life.

• Consult and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patients care.

• Participates in the development and implementation of a palliative care service line.

• Leadership in the planning, organization, communication and evaluation of all activities of the palliative care program.

• Coordinates care for Palliative and Hospice patients with Care Transition Management, Pastoral care, Medical Staff, and Clinical staff excellent patient care for patients in need.

• Act as primary interface/liaison with local Palliative and Hospice providers in conjunction with Care Transition Management to advance end-of-life and palliative care.

• Collection of data pertinent to the determination of quality of palliative and hospice care services both as inpatient and post-acute necessary by the facility.

• Develop and lead educational efforts to advance knowledge and skills of clinical and medical staff to promote palliative and hospice care.

• Advocate for palliative care and hospice care when appropriate, lead efforts to promote palliative and hospice services as a clinical option with advanced disease in need of holistic care and complex symptom relief.

• Community education for advanced directives, end-of-life care and palliative care services.

• Participate in the hospital ethics committee.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.

• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

Entity Highlights:

Texas Health Physicians Group includes more than 1,000 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants dedicated to providing quality, patient-safe care at more than 240 offices located throughout the DFW Metroplex.  

THPG members are active in group governance and serve on multiple committees and councils. Ongoing Texas Health initiatives, like the Diversity Action Council and Living the Promise, have helped to create an inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture and workplace, making THPG a great place to work. 

If you're ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let's show the world how we're even better together

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