Anthem Hospice MSW- PRN

About the role

At Anthem Hospice, we believe exceptional hospice care means supporting the whole person and their family. We are seeking a compassionate Medical Social Worker (MSW) to join our Oklahoma City team and provide meaningful emotional, psychosocial, and resource support to patients and families during one of life’s most important journeys. As part of our interdisciplinary hospice team, you’ll work closely with patients, families, nurses, physicians, chaplains, and other care team members to identify needs, provide counseling and support, connect families with community resources, and help ensure each patient receives compassionate, individualized end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient/family needs in a timely manner upon receiving patient admission; recognizing the patient’s ability, support systems capability and the patient’s expressed wishes.
• Assesses patient’s environment and financial needs and makes appropriate referrals to identified community resources.
• Develops a plan of care in collaboration with physician’s team, patient and family to meet identified needs and maximize positive outcomes in a timely manner.
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary team conferences and documents outcomes as needed; assisting the team in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patient's health problems.
• Maintains documentation in patient’s record per internal regulatory and professional standards.
• Establishes short and long-term goals and completes them according to the patient’s plan of care.
• Maintains visit productivity to meet patient needs and team responsibility.
• Monitors, observes and evaluates changes and progress in patients’ condition and environment and reports changes, progress or lack of progress to physician and/or nurse case manager.
• Involves patient and family/significant other in the plan of care while revising and documenting strategies/intervention to accommodate changing needs and/or barriers.
• Acts as key source in patient situations such as: ineffective patient/family coping and decision-making, advance directives, long-term or assisted living placement, substance abuse, abuse/neglect and/or bereavement.
• Demonstrates teambuilding skills. Serves as role model/resource for other team members.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual social work judgments and actions.
• Identifies strengths/weaknesses in clinical practice and makes necessary adjustments.
• Participates in cost containment measures including utilizing supplies efficiently; accurately recording all charges; executing efficient patient flow; utilizing work time productivity; and identifying actual and potential problems.
• Communicates with UR coordinator for any authorizations required per insurance requirements.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of all Carroll Hospice/CHG system matters including patient, physician, associate and financial information.
• Appropriately represents the agency at meetings both inside and outside the facility.
• Effectively utilizes proper channels of communication with colleagues, physicians, patients, families, visitors and outside contacts to ensure clear, concise flow of patient information.
• Assumes responsibility for continuous education and licensure requirements through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services, meetings, workshops, etc.
• Assumes responsibility for professional growth by keeping abreast of changing hospice/home care standards and changing trends in the social work profession and attends and participates in mandatory staff meetings and in-services according to departmental standards.

Qualifications

• License or certification: LMSW – Certified Clinical Social Worker Required
• Education: Master's