Job Description

We are seeking a Social Worker (LCSW) to join the Palliative Care team. The role of the PACT Social Worker is to support PACT inpatients and outpatients in partnership with the interdisciplinary palliative care team. The PACT social worker partners with the primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers to facilitate family communication with the medical team.

The PACT social worker joins the Palliative Care IDT to engage in family decision-making and goals of care discussions, assist with developing an end of life care plan as appropriate, initiate / support hospice referrals and discharge coordination, and support transition to bereavement when indicated. The PACT social worker is responsible for maintaining EMR documentation, participates in division quality improvement activities, is able to participate in research activities if interested, and other duties as assigned. The Nemours Palliative Care Team (PACT) seeks a social worker to support Palliative Care inpatients and outpatients in partnership with the interdisciplinary palliative care team. The PACT social worker partners with the primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers to facilitate family communication with the medical team.

Responsibilities

• Partnership with PACT psychosocial partners: bereavement coordinator, chaplain, child life specialist
• Partner with primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers
• Facilitate family communication with the medical team
• Bio-psychosocial-cultural-spiritual assessment for family
• Engage in decision-making, goals of care discussions
• Follow inpatient and in the outpatient settings
• Documentation
• Develop end of life care plan as appropriate
• Initiate / support hospice referrals and discharge coordination
• If hospice – consistent communication with the hospice social worker
• Postmortem family conference liaison
• Gift of Life Partner for PACT
• Provide support to clinical staff in psychosocial aspects of care provision
• Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee’s supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications

• Master's degree required
• LCSW with Delaware licensure required
• APHSW-C (Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker – Certified) preferred
• Competitive candidates will bring three or more years of experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
  
  

About Us

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .