Medical Social Worker - Cancer Center - Casual/PRN - Dates

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. Our culture, known as The Meaning of Care, sets us apart by helping families grow, making difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patient needs, and celebrating personal health achievements.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a supportive work environment where all employees are valued. Employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Responsibilities

• Provides medical social work services to patients/families treated in the Cancer Center to ensure a comprehensive program of treatment.
• Identifies patients in need of social work interventions through case-findings and positive relationships with referral sources.
• Maintains patient records that include documentation of assessment, plan, and interventions directed towards meeting the assessed needs of the individual or family.
• Supports Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center clinics in their programs as requested by that department.
• Facilitates support groups as a member of the oncology team.
• Provides facilitator leadership for Cancer Center support groups.
• Affirms the on-going viability of cancer related support groups.
• Affirms the availability of facilitators for all support groups.
• Identifies and reviews support group needs of Methodist Cancer Center patients.
• Participates as a team member with cancer screenings in providing resource referral in the community for those found to have cancer and financial resource challenges.
• Provides to screening participants information about federal, state, local, and non-governmental financial assistance programs.
• Provides direct assistance in the application process for financial assistance programs.
• Maintains current resource file on federal, state, local, and non-governmental financial assistance and direct service programs.
• Provides information about the Cancer Center and all Cancer Center services to patient/family to ensure a comprehensive program of mind/body/spirit.
• Updates the content of the newly diagnosed information packets to ensure appropriate information is available to newly diagnosed patients.
• Identifies and provides linkage of appropriate Health System and community services to promote continuity of care and appropriate health care resource utilization.
• Presents the Cancer Center to the community and state by offering workshops in regard to psychosocial aspects of cancer care.
• Participates in community education programs either as a presenter or as a member of the planning committee for the program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Harper's Hope operational meetings.
• Sets new processes to improve or enhance the program.
• Provides in-services/education to various audiences about the program.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
• Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
• Serves as an ambassador of the Harper's Hope Cancer Survivor's Program.
• Participates in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.