The Palliative Care Social Worker participates in the activities of the interdisciplinary In-patient Palliative Care Team. The PC MSW participates in the development and review of appropriate protocols, facilitates formal and informal meetings regarding patient and family communication and decision making processes that support appropriate referral and consistent care, works in collaboration with physicians, hospital, home health and hospice health care teams to provide Palliative Care services ... more details
The Palliative Care Social Worker participates in the activities of the interdisciplinary In-patient Palliative Care Team. The PC MSW participates in the development and review of appropriate protocols, facilitates formal and informal meetings regarding patient and family communication and decision making processes that support appropriate referral and consistent care, works in collaboration with physicians, hospital, home health and hospice health care teams to provide Palliative Care services in patient, out-patient and in home settings to seriously ill patients and their families. The PC MSW engages in independent decision-making about psychosocial needs, provides psychosocial services to individuals and their families, and provides formal and informal meetings regarding patient and family communication and decision making.
The PC MSW obtains a psychosocial history, including chart review and information gathered from the patient and family, and conducts psychosocial palliative care needs assessments. The PC MSW provides direct patient care as well as consultative services to assure the delivery of state-of- the-art palliative care. In addition to these clinical duties, the Palliative Care MSW is responsible for contributing social services work expertise to staff education, data collection, and quality improvement activities as they relate to inpatient, outpatient and home palliative services.
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Required Qualifications:
- Master's Degree Social Work
- 3 years Inpatient, Outpatient, or home-based Social work
- Demonstrated evidence of experience in palliative care settings, such as hospice, i.e., ability to:
a.Work independently as well as collaboratively on a small interdisciplinary team,
b.Provide and model interdisciplinary palliative assessment and management of physical, psychosocial and spiritual symptoms during aggressive treatment and end of life care.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Upon hire: Social Worker License
- Working knowledge of research techniques, data collection, and policy, program and curriculum development
- Experience with quality improvement methodology
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