Social Worker (MSW), Palliative Care, Full Time, First Shift

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering.

As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and diverse place of employment.

Social Workers serving in a variety of departments and clinics are responsible for responding to referrals from the interdisciplinary team. The social worker will complete psychosocial assessments, develop and implement a plan of care that addresses patients' needs that promotes continuity of care, and facilitates transitions to the next level of care. The social worker will provide education, consultation, and serve as a liaison to the healthcare team regarding the patient and families' emotional, psychological, social, financial and developmental aspects of care.

The Palliative Care Social Worker will work with the Palliative Care Team which is a multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurse practioners, social work, and chaplains. The Palliative Care Social Work will need to be competent in integrating grief theories into practice and family-team conferencing. Palliative Care Social Workers will also advocate for holding focus on palliative and end of life care on patient choices, preferences, values and beliefs.  The Palliative Care Social worker will demonstrate awareness of compassion fatigue and the ethical responsibility to mitigate the condition. 

The Palliative Care Social Worker will also coordinate discharges to home, inpatient hospice facilities, and to nursing facilities. 

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering.

As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and diverse place of employment.

Social Workers serving in a variety of departments and clinics are responsible for responding to referrals from the interdisciplinary team. The social worker will complete psychosocial assessments, develop and implement a plan of care that addresses patients' needs that promotes continuity of care, and facilitates transitions to the next level of care. The social worker will provide education, consultation, and serve as a liaison to the healthcare team regarding the patient and families' emotional, psychological, social, financial and developmental aspects of care.

The Palliative Care Social Worker will work with the Palliative Care Team which is a multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurse practioners, social work, and chaplains. The Palliative Care Social Work will need to be competent in integrating grief theories into practice and family-team conferencing. Palliative Care Social Workers will also advocate for holding focus on palliative and end of life care on patient choices, preferences, values and beliefs.  The Palliative Care Social worker will demonstrate awareness of compassion fatigue and the ethical responsibility to mitigate the condition. 

The Palliative Care Social Worker will also coordinate discharges to home, inpatient hospice facilities, and to nursing facilities. 

Engagement and Exploration:

Engage patients and/ or their families into a helping process. Assess the psychosocial and mental health needs of patients and families to:

• Identify barriers to treatment
• Enhance patient's health status.
• Increase patient/family satisfaction Improve utilization of resources
• Develop rapport with patient and family for ongoing support as needed
• Adheres to the tasks and responsibilities specific to the department, service or clinic.

Goal Development and Implementation:

Develop a comprehensive plan of intervention in collaboration with the patient/ family and healthcare team. Implement a plan of care and monitor patient's response:

• Provide individual/family counseling, and social work intervention, as it relates to complex crisis management, mental illness, adjustment to illness, material assistance, healthcare decision-making, sexual ass