Social Worker - MSW Home Services

Overview

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is looking for a full-time Social Worker (MSW) to join the Home Services team in Alaska's "Golden Heart City"!  This Social Work position will be assisting patients and families in both the Hospice and Home Health settings.

 

Fairbanks, Alaska is located in the interior of the state where you can find adventure, culture, solitude or scenery. The Social Worker for the Home Services team navigates care with patients and families in the home or assisted living home settings. Patients and families in these settings may be faced with social, emotional and situational stressors precipitated by disability, injury, and/or illness. The goal is to aid in adaptation and empower the patient and the family to participate to the fullest of their abilities in the care coordination and long-term care planning processes. This position provides developmentally appropriate care for the population that it serves. This includes planning for safe continuation of care, and the ability to recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages as well the homebound patient population. This position demonstrates the clinical competence and knowledge necessary to provide treatment appropriate to the patients served including short-term counseling, education, and crisis intervention.

 

• Compensation: $31.32 to $48.94 hourly wage based on experience and education 
• Retention Bonus: Available for eligible new hires
• Relocation Assistance: up to $7,500 Relocation Assistance
• Temporary Housing: 90 Days Temporary Housing Provided
• Additional Pay: Shift Differential, Annual Increases, Paid Time Off
• Benefits: medical, vision, dental, 401k with employer match
• Education Benefits: FHP Tuition Assistance, Student Loan Forgiveness
• Other Benefits: Onsite Gym, Wellness Programs, Discount programs
• Shifts Available: 1 Full-time, 40 hours per week - Monday - Friday                         
• Position will cover both Home Health and Hospice 

This position develops, coordinates and provides social work services to patients and families who are faced with social, emotional and situational stressors precipitated by illness, injury, and/or disability. The goal is to aid in adaptation and empower the patient and the family to participate to the fullest of their abilities in the care coordination and/or discharge planning processes. This position provides developmentally appropriate care for the population that it serves which includes planning for the safe discharge and continuity of care, the ability to recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages as well as the physically disabled, mentally ill, chronically ill and terminally ill patient.

 

About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a non-profit facility owned by the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation. A Joint Commission-accredited facility with 152 licensed beds, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is the primary referral center for residents of Alaska's interior with a strong patient-to-nurse ratio and Shared Leadership Infrastructure. In addition to our exceptional clinical environment, our location offers incomparable lifestyle rewards away from work. In Fairbanks, small-town living, spectacular natural beauty and endless recreation combine to create a one-of-a-kind place to live, work and play.

 

Responsibilities

Processes, plans, and facilitates care coordination, and/or the timely discharge/transfer of patients from acute/observation care from the hospital. Assesses and evaluates the needs of the patient within the framework of their functional abilities, culture and support/resources.

Intervenes with patients who have complex or high-risk needs. Offers crisis intervention to patients and families. Assesses patients for psycho-social distress, and provides counseling and referrals as needed. Facilitates and implements the care plan with the proposed interventions in collaboration with the health care team. Collaborates with all members of the healthcare team to develop, manage and communicate the transition of care plan.

Documents all interventions in the patient medical record both timely and accurately including all elements of the transition of care plan.

Assists and supports patients and families. Provides advocacy and resource services for the patient. Acts as a liaison to health care facilities and community groups.

Maintains knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and other program benefits to assist patients with discharge planning and choices. Knowledge of contemporary behavioral health and system theories relevant to health care, end of life dynamics, and interventions; grief and bereavement counseling, substance abuse identification and interventions