Licensed Medical Social Worker
Interim HealthCare Inc. · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 wk ago
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Description
As a Medical Social Worker, you will be called to care when you're needed most. As part of Interim HealthCare, you'll support a full range of patient services to bring comfort and dignity to our clients.
What we offer
- Competitive pay
- Benefits
- Incentives
- Truly flexible scheduling - a dedication to work/life balance (Full-time (FT), Part-time (PT), PRN)
- Daily Pay option available
- No Overtime Required
- 1:1 Patient care
As a Medical Social Worker, you will:
- Collaborate with Goals of Care team to develop a robust goal concordant program for Interim clients with hopes of improving patient/family satisfaction, decreasing hospitalizations, and facilitating hospice transitions when appropriate
- Assess psychosocial status, establishing, monitoring, and delivering care as it relates to meeting the needs of the patient/client, as directed by the physician's plan of care
- Aid other team members in understanding the social, ethical, and emotional factors related to health problems
- Effectively communicate with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to promote coordination of patient care concordant with patient goals. When necessary, facilitate communication of patient status and plan of care during transitional experiences such as home to hospital, hospital to post-acute care facility, and back home
To qualify as a Medical Social Worker with us, you will need:
- Education: Master of Social Work (MSW) degree
- Licensure Requirement: MSW in the state in which the position is located
- Minimum 3 years of social work experience in a health care setting