Hospice Weekend Visit Social Worker

Job Title: Hospice Weekend Visit Social Worker
Exempt or Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt
Salary Range: $32-$35/hour
Schedule: One Weekend/month

Position Summary: The Hospice Weekend Visit Social Worker is responsible for assuring that Grace Hospice’s programs are effectively represented to patients, families, and others who have an interest in hospice through information sharing and/or admissions and visits in a patient’s home or in a health care facility. The social worker’s services are provided in accordance with the plan of care, under the direction of a physician and the guidance of the Weekend On-Call Triage Nurse and Weekend Manager.

Grace Culture
Successful employees will demonstrate these key values:

1. Excellence: Anticipating needs and delivering the best care by going above and beyond expectations.
2. Kindness: We distinguish ourselves by being friendly, considerate and generous as we care for patients, families and each other.
3. Team: Respectfully working together to achieve the best end of life experience for our patients and families; promoting a positive work experience

Qualifications:

• Graduate of accredited school of Social Work
• Current state of Minnesota Social Work license
• Three years’ recent experience in acute, long-term care or home care/hospice/public health
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to think critically
• Current Minnesota driver’s license, insurance and daily access to reliable vehicle

Job Duties:

Describes the hospice benefit to patients and families.

• Facilitates completion of admission paperwork efficiently and accurately.
• Completes routine visits to hospice patients in homes/facilities as needed.
• Effectively communicates with the care team who will be following patient after admission.
• Identifies the patient/family physical, psychosocial, environmental, development and safety needs and individualizes the patient’s plan of care based on the needs identified.
• Identifies and addresses the psychosocial support needs of patient, family, and caregivers.
• Educates, instructs and supports the patient, family and caregiver, with attention to their unique needs and dynamics.
• Documents patient problems, social work assessments, patient goals, care provided and patient/family outcomes from interventions.
• Provides care in a timely and efficient manner.
• Role is subject to adjustment and change to meet the needs of the hospice patients.