Hospice Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

The hospice social worker will be required to travel throughout Delaware County and West Philadelphia.

The hospice social worker is required to have an MSW.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The social worker is that member of the core interdisciplinary group whose primary function is to

perform an assessment of psychosocial symptoms of the patient and family, develop psychosocial

outcomes for alleviating identified symptoms and help provide the psychoeducation, supportive

counseling and casework interventions needed to meet these outcomes. The social worker also provides

psychosocial education and consultation to the IDG.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Participates in the preparation, evaluation and execution of the interdisciplinary plan of care to

assure that the highest quality psychosocial care is provided to patients/families and that

continuity and comprehensiveness of care are accomplished.

2. Performs bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessments of patient/families, rather than diagnostic

assessment.

3. Provides individual and family supportive counseling, psychotherapy may be performed as

appropriate by credentialed personnel.

4. Refers patient and family to appropriate community resources as needed.

5. Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the patient medical record.

6. Attends weekly team meeting for plan of care review.

7. Participates in patient case conferences.

8. Provides psychosocial education and consultation to the core IDG.

9. Participates in psychosocial supervision meetings and other trainings. May provide supervision

to other psychosocial team members, including social work interns at the direction of the team

manager.

10. May act as the coordinator and communicator of volunteer interventions on the plan of care.

11. Provides bereavement care, including bereavement group activities.

12. Participates in psychosocial spiritual on-call rotation/schedule as assigned.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the

employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job duties assigned

by their supervisor or management.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

1. Ability to travel per job requirements.

2. Thorough knowledge of community resources or the desire/ability to obtain this knowledge.

3. Knowledge of key psychosocial issues prevalent with terminally ill patients and their

family/caregivers, including the knowledge of effective psychosocial interventions to address those issues.

4. Capacity to relate and work well with others as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

5. Excellent listening and communication skills.

6. Ability to be an effective patient and family advocate within the patient/family unit, within the

core IDG, and within community agencies and the like.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Masters of Social Work required from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work

Education.

2. At least one year social work experience in a health care setting.

3. Experience as a social worker with the terminally ill and their families, preferred

4. Licensure and/or Certification if required by the State (see below).

5. Equivalent experience or licensure may be considered where allowable by State Regulations.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the

essential functions of the job.

DIRECTIONS RECEIVED

Reports to the Team Manager.

VITAS® Healthcare is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care with a significant national footprint. VITAS is mission driven with well established processes, systems and compliance frameworks. National network provides learning from best practices across markets.

Vitas Values:
1. Patients and Families Come First
2. We Take Care of Eachother
3. I'll Do My Best Today and Even Better Tomorrow
4. I Am Proud to Make a Difference

Company Description

VITAS® Healthcare is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care with a significant national footprint. VITAS is mission driven with well established processes, systems and compliance frameworks. National network provides learning from best practices across markets. \n\nVitas Values:\n1. Patients and Families Come First\n2. We Take Care of Eachother\n3. I'll Do My Best Today and Even Better Tomorrow\n4. I Am Proud to Make a Difference