Medical Social Worker For Home Health Visits

Physicians Choice Home Healthis recruiting for a Medical Social Worker to join our Home Healthcare Team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing quality home health visits to our patients in the comfort of their home. You will be joining a team of compassionate and dedicated healthcare professionals who are committed to providing the highest level of care to our members.The medical social worker is responsible for the implementation of standards of care for medical social work services.

Physicians Choice Home Health is an Obran Cooperative Company. Obran Health is building the largest worker-owned home-based healthcare company in the US. We know the frustrations that come when working at a traditional healthcare employer - we’ve been there. That is why we created Obran Health. Obran Cooperative businesses give voice, power, and a share of the profits to each of our employee members. We are recruiting for healthcare professionals that want the chance to really own their work and have a say in the organization where they work.

Objectives:

• Assesses the psychosocial status of patients related to the patient’s illness and environment and communicates findings to the registered nurse.
• Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings.
• Maintains clinical records on all patients referred to social work.
• Provides information and referral services for Physicians Choice Home Health patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.
• Provides information to patients or families/caregivers and community agencies.
• Serves as liaison between patients or families/caregivers and community agencies.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with Physicians Choice Home Health personnel to support patient care.
• Maintains and develops contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patient and Physicians Choice Home Health personnel.
• Participates in the development of the total plan of care and case conferences as required.
• Assists physician and other team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems.
• Participates in discharge planning.
• Participates in inservice education programs.
• Other duties as delegated by the Clinical Supervisor.

Requirements

• Graduate of a bachelor’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. May have a Master’s or doctoral degree in social work.
• Licensed as a licensed clinical social worker by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in health care.
• Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organizational skills.
• Possesses and maintains current CPR certification.
• Ability to be able to travel to different patients' homes.
• Discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
• Prior experience working in a home health setting is preferred, but not required.

Benefits

Full time employees are eligible for:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Short- and long-term disability
  
  

All employees are invited to become members of Obran Cooperative. An ever growing set of member benefits is offered to all Obran Cooperative members, including:

• Personal enrichment resources
• Financial budgeting resources
• Optional participation in the Obran Cooperative board and committees to help define future Obran Cooperative member benefits for all Obran Cooperative members
• Participation in profit-sharing
  
  
  

Our Mission

Obran Cooperative’s mission is to put the engines of business to work for humanity.

Our Vision

Obran will be the world's largest worker-cooperative conglomerate. We exist to grow profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve our members, customers, and communities. We acknowledge structures of inequity and embrace the struggles to overcome them, one workplace at a time.

Our Values

• Democracy: We empower and educate members to participate fully in workplace decisions.
• Innovation: We question the status quo and find new ways of working that are better for ourselves, our customers, our communities, and the environment.
• Solidarity: We act in ways that promote equity and inclusion; we are pro-black, pro-women, pro-LGBTQ+, and against hate and discrimination in all its forms.
• Humanity: We believe that workers are humans first; we foster dignity, respect, and joy in our interactions with each other.
• Balance: We think critically and holistically about our decisions, and seek balance in the sh