Medical Social Worker
Interim HealthCare RMC · Pittsburgh, PA · 1 wk ago
On-siteOTHRFull-time
About the role
As part of Interim Health, you'll support a full range of patient services to bring comfort and dignity to our clients.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive pay, benefits, and 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