SOCIAL WORKER - CASE MANAGEMENT

About the role

The Social Worker (LSW) provides social services for palliative and inpatient hospice patients and/or family as appropriate to meet the needs and treatment goals of the individual. The Social Worker (LSW) works collaboratively with the Palliative Care Team including the physician, nurse practitioner, chaplain, and other team members. Reports to Director of Case Management.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive assessments of patient/family needs, as these relate to the episodes of acute and/or chronic illness or crisis, including transitions into Palliative care or hospice care.
• Works to establish treatment goals of care and provide alternatives to assist the patient and/or family in the hospital, palliative care clinic, oncology office, or ACCN.
• Collaborate with the RN CM or IP LSW for coordination of discharge planning.
• Collects quality data as instructed by the quality department or director of case management and participates in ACCN and Palliative care outcome analysis.
• Acts as a liaison between hospital and available community resources and participates in conferences, agency meetings, etc. to increase professional knowledge.
• Participates in hospital and palliative care committees as appropriate or directed by the director of case management.
• Participates in daily multidisciplinary rounds.
• Communicate effectively with patients and families. An emphasis is placed on compassion and empathy.
• Ensures assessment includes the patient’s social, financial, functional, environmental, physical, mental, and spiritual factors and assist in developing the Palliative/AACN plan of care.
• Documents timely in the medical record.
• Counsels and provides therapeutic interventions to the patient and caregiver to support care decisions related to discharge disposition and/or living arrangements.
• Provide education and social support for patients and families that are participating in the ACCN or outpatient Palliative Care clinic as well as the oncology practice.
• Bereavement care in accordance with Bereavement plan of care.
• Manages time appropriately and independently between ACCN home visits, Inpatients, and outpatient Palliative Care clinic.
• Calls weekly or monthly, patient preference, on ACCN patients to inquire about any needs or concerns.
• Perform SCU psychosocial assessment when needed to assist coverage in SCU or when on call.
• Aid during the day shift suicide assessment for those who respond to OP questioning of suicidal ideation.

Qualifications

• Licensed Social Worker with current Ohio License.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Social Work or related degree from accredited school with eligibility for licensure in state of Ohio.
• One-year experience in social work at an acute care facility is preferred or previous work experience in a social agency or social service department of a health agency.

Skills

• Acts as a patient/family advocate.
• Must be able to work autonomously within a team concept.
• Able to manage time effectively.
• Must be computer literate to complete task(s) as required. Such as Cerner (Hospital Support Software), Halogen (performance appraisal system), Relias (education system), ability to retrieve e-mails, complete online enrollment for health insurance/benefits, and any other programs as assigned.

Department Skills

• Acts as a patient/family advocate.
• Must be able to work autonomously within a team concept.
• Able to manage time effectively.
• Must be computer literate to complete task(s) as required. Such as Cerner (Hospital Support Software), Halogen (performance appraisal system), Relias (education system), ability to retrieve e-mails, complete online enrollment for health insurance/benefits, and any other programs as assigned.

Benefits

The organization will provide reasonable accommodations to employees or applicants with disabilities, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, who are otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job, with or without accommodation, unless such accommodation would constitute an undue hardship on the organization or poses a direct threat to the health and safety of the individual or others that cannot be sufficiently mitigated by reasonable accommodation.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Works 37.5 hours per week. Call on weekends and holidays assigned, every 3rd weekend and holiday. On call rotations include the inpatient portion of hospital. Cross training for the other SW positions in hospital as coverage of those job duties may be required.

Physical Demands

Frequent: Lifting 0-10 lbs, Laptop Lifting 10-20 lbs, Standing Frequent 34-65%, Walking Frequent 34-65%, Sitting Frequent 34-65%, Climbing Never, Stairs/Ladder Occasional 10-33%, Bending/Stooping Occasional 10-33%, Twisting/Turning Occasional 10-33%, Kneeling/Squatting Never, Crawling Never, Pushing/Pulling 0-10 lbs Never, Pushing/Pulling 10-20 lbs Never, Pushing/Pulling 20-35 lbs Never, Pushing/Pulling 35-50 lbs Never, Pushing/Pulling 50-100 lbs Never, Pushing/Pulling over 100 lbs Never, Carrying 0-10 lbs Occasional 10-33%, Laptop Carrying 10-20 lbs Never, Carrying 20-35 lbs Never, Carrying 35-50 lbs Never, Carrying 50-100 lbs Never, Carrying over 100 lbs Never, Grasping/repetitive sustained Never, Fine motor coordination Frequent 34-65%, Vision: Near/Far/Color Continuous 66% of the day, Hearing: ordinary conversation/other Continuous 66% of the day, Acknowledgment

Equal Opportunity Employer

The organization is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. The organization will provide reasonable accommodations to employees or applicants with disabilities, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, who are otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job, with or without accommodation, unless such accommodation would constitute an undue hardship on the organization or poses a direct threat to the health and safety of the individual or others that cannot be sufficiently mitigated by reasonable accommodation.