Hospice Medical Social Worker (LCSW), Homecare Department - Full-Time, Days

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, University of Chicago Medicine, as a Hospice Medical Social Worker in Home Care.

 

The Hospice Medical Social Worker contracted or employed through the Agency is responsible for providing medical social worker services to patients and families to resolve, social, emotional and/or financial problems which impeded the effective treatment and care of a patient’s medical condition. The Hospice Medical Social Worker will also be responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining the Hospice Volunteer Program. These services will be provided in compliance with all CMS, Illinois Department of Public Health, and Joint Commission regulations and standards and must be in adherence to all agency policies

 

Essential Job Functions:

• Interviews/assesses patient and/or family regarding social, financial, and environmental factors.
• Performs patient assessments in the patient’s place of residence and/or on the Hospice in-patient unit.
• Obtains necessary medical, psycho-social, and other insights from appropriate personnel to assist in determining and meeting patient needs.
• Communicates to other home care or hospice team members concerning any social, emotional and/or environmental circumstances which may affect the patient’s response to treatment.
• Informs patient and/or family of community agencies and resources available to assist with patient’s needs. Make referrals and forwards necessary medical and social information to those resources, as required, to ensure continuity of care.
• Assesses patient’s overall psycho-social needs and participates in the development of the plan of care for the patient.
• Develops a treatment plan with measurable goals based on evaluation results, prognosis, patient, and family and/or caregiver needs.
• Communicates the plan of care to the interdisciplinary team.
• Adjusts goals and treatment plan as necessary to meet the patient, family, and/or caregivers’ changing needs.
• Maintains appropriate clinical records, clinical notes, and updates the interdisciplinary team as needed. All records will be submitted in accordance with Agency policy.
• Identifies patient needs for additional community resources and refers as necessary.
• Manages, in conjunction with the Hospice MD and Registered Nurse, the discharge and transfer of Hospice patients via ambulance from the In-patient Unit to their home as needed.
• Communicates effectively with team members, staff, other health care professionals, patient, family and caregiver to achieve optimum care for patient, facilitate team interaction, and positively represent the Agency.
• Attends and contributes to in-services, case conferences, interdisciplinary group meetings, and other meetings as required by the Agency to ensure coordinated and comprehensive patient plan of care.
• Serves as Hospice Volunteer Program Coordinator.
• Coordinates the delivery of the Hospice Volunteer Program including, recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, tracking and reporting of volunteer hours.
• Participates in the Joint Commission survey process and supports the successful accreditation of the Agency.
• Assures psycho-social assessment of patients/families/caregivers in the hospice program is completed and that appropriate services are rendered in a timely manner in accordance with regulation and policy.
• Committed to one hundred percent (100%) patient and family satisfaction by always exhibiting a courteous and helpful manner during interactions with others, including patients, families, visitors, physician, and co-workers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• A current Illinois license as a clinical social worker (LCSW)
• Two years of clinical experience as a social worker, including education or one year of experience as a Hospice social worker. Home Care or Hospice experience is preferred.
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and current automobile insurance and has availability of personal and dependable mode(s) of transportation to conduct home visits.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in volunteer coordination.

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time, (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Day Shift, 8 hours/day
• Work Location: Harvey, IL
• Unit/Department: Ingalls Home Care
• CBA Code: Non-Union 

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