Inpatient Palliative Social Worker

At St. Luke's, our dedicated team of Social Work professionals strive to build a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture that delivers exceptional patient experiences.

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious, progressive, often life limiting illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness, to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Examples of serious illness often seen by a palliative care team include all types of cancer, end stage organ disease (e.g., heart, lung, liver, kidney), dementia, Parkinson's disease, and other progressive neurological disorders.

The Palliative Care Social Worker is part of a multidisciplinary team that partners with patients to provide consultative care in the inpatient setting. They work alongside an expert palliative care provider and other medical specialists to complete assessments, facilitate goals of care discussions and advance care planning conversations, coordinate care with other members of the patient's treatment team, provide information and referrals to community resources, and provide overall support to patients and their families.

What You Can Expect:

• Works in tandem with a physician or APP providing support via serious illness conversations.

• Serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and is a liaison with community resources.

• Provides community resource information and referrals

• Float coverage for Boise, Meridian and Nampa hospitals

• Monday-Friday

• Full Time with benefits and hospital contributions

• Intensive onboarding and training

Qualifications:

• Education: Master's degree in social work.

• Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in states of practice

Preferred experience in Hospice or medical field

At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.