This position is expected to fulfill full-time or part-time hours, flexible schedule
Bargaining Unit: EAP
Rate of Pay: $44.99/hour + DOE
Summary
Under the general supervision of the Administrative Director Transitions, provides clinical social work services to Home Health and Hospice patients, their families and/or caregivers. For Home Health patients, assess and facilitate durable medical equipment and provide guidance with other Home Health services. For the Hospice patients provide support to assist them in coping with social, emotional and environmental difficulties related to terminal illness and death. Responsible for bio/psycho/social/spiritual assessments, interventions, counseling, discharge planning, consultation and coordination of program services. Oversees bereavement, volunteer and spiritual care programs. Assists with overall program development, implementation and evaluation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Carries an appropriate hospice MSW workload while providing effective services to patients and meeting productivity standards.
• Uses professional level communication skills when working with patients, families, providers, members of the hospice Interdisciplinary Team and representatives from other agencies and services.
• Handles difficult interpersonal situations effectively.
• Problem solves and addresses conflict professionally.
• Completes bio/psycho/social assessments in a timely, concise, and effective manner.
• Records all patient/family and caregiver contacts in the hospice medical record in a timely, appropriate, concise, and legal manner.
• Effectively implements individual treatment plans based on assessments and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Performs all aspects of professional Social Work effectively; including but not limited to: psychosocial counseling, interdisciplinary planning for care, assisting patients with obtaining services, financial applications, live alone assessments, applications for assistance, and legal documents such as Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC) or Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST).
• Prioritizes needs and applies a variety of techniques to accomplish assessment and interventions appropriate to various age groups, complicated grief, ethical dilemmas and special needs of patients and families with a variety of cultural and ethnic perspectives.
• Performs all duties in an ethical manner protecting patient and family confidentiality.
• Serves as social work consultant and liaison to team, program, facility and community. Collaborates effectively with other hospice social workers.
• Participates in program planning and implementation and evaluation of effectiveness of efforts to improve program services.
• Collaborates effectively with those responsible for bereavement services. When necessary, completes bereavement assessments, initiates bereavement care plan, makes bereavement visits and provides other follow up.
• Collaborates effectively with those responsible for spiritual care program in conjunction with hospital and community network of spiritual care providers. When necessary, completes spiritual assessments and follow up.
• Collaborates effectively with other members of the Interdisciplinary Group and hospital staff in admission and discharge planning for hospice patients.
• Participates in program orientations, educational programs, as requested.
• Complies with Hospice regulations, social work, hospital district guidelines, policies and procedures and nationally recognized standards of practice.
• Demonstrates continues enhancement of professional skills. Participates in a variety of hospice related activities that allow for collaboration with other counseling/social services professionals and interactions such as workshops, social work consortiums, or projects that enhance the practice of the individual social worker in the hospice setting.
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Complies with System policies and procedures.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibilities
No supervisory responsibilities.
Minimum Education/Experience
Master's Degree In Social Work (MSW) from an educational institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and 2-3 years relevant experience
Required Licenses/Certifications
Nevada Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

• Within 3 months of hire into job

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers

• Upon hire

BLS: Employee will be enrolled in the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Basic Life Support (BLS) Entry or Prep Curriculum (depending on their previous BLS certification).

• Within 3 months of hire into job

Other Experience/Qualifications
Required:

• Two years’ experience in family and individual counseling.
• Successful post graduate experience in one of the following areas: home care, hospice, geriatrics, or oncology.
• Experienced in dealing with issues related to death and bereavement.

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