Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Palliative Care- JPS Main- Days

Full-time, salaried position in Nursing Services / Patient Care Support. Requisition 47529. Day shift, Monday–Friday 07:30–16:00 at John Peter Smith Hospital, 1500 S. Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76104.

About the organization

JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported healthcare system in North Texas. Licensed for 582 beds, the network features over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital a Level I Trauma Center, Tarrant County's only psychiatric emergency center, and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The health network employs more than 7,200 people. Acclaim Multispecialty Group is the medical practice group featuring over 300 providers serving JPS Health Network. Specialties range from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim Multispecialty Group formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial, and clinical performance outcomes of the network. The goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.

JPS is more than a hospital — it's 7,200 dedicated people committed to ensuring the community gets the care they need and deserve. As community stewards, JPS abides by three rules: Own it, Seek joy, and Don't be a jerk. Smiling, laughter, and compassion are key components of the everyday experience at JPS.

About the role

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker–Palliative Care is responsible for providing psychosocial assessments and addressing psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs for assigned adult/geriatric patients and families facing irreversible serious illness. Provides crisis intervention, emotional support, counseling, education, and advocacy for patients and families. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the treatment plan.

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychosocial assessments for patients and families to identify opportunities for intervention.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates patient treatment and care plans.
• Collaborates with patients, families, clinical staff, and the palliative care team to identify short- and long-term goals of care.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team huddles and collaborates with other departments.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of various counseling modalities and how to work with the adult population.
• Provides counseling for grief/loss and identifies families at risk for complicated grief.
• Provides community resources and support relevant to the patient's serious illness based on need.
• Provides education to patients and families regarding palliative care, advance care planning, and other needed services.
• Navigates challenging conversations about end-of-life decision-making while maintaining an inclusive framework that respects and identifies multicultural concerns, ethical issues, potential conflicts of interest, and spiritual or religious concerns.
• Collaborates with clinical staff and the patient/family to provide interventions designed to minimize stress and expedite recovery.
• Maintains clinical competence for adult, geriatric, and palliative social work services and exhibits professional growth and development.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintains electronic medical records with accuracy and in compliance with JPS standards.

Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties