Social Worker

Because we walk alongside people and families from every background at one of life's most vulnerable moments, we believe our team should reflect that same diversity - in life experience, identity, and perspective. We emphatically encourage applicants from communities historically underrepresented in healthcare to apply.

Job Summary

Provides social services to terminally ill patients and their families within a medically approved plan of care. Assists patients and families to manage problems or needs related to their psychosocial functioning and bereavement. Assists social work team with resources and interventions to provide optimal patient support.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Follows an individualized Plan of Care established by the interdisciplinary team for each patient.
• Assists interdisciplinary team members in identifying potential high-risk bereavement factors.
• Oversees and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration between team members, physicians and available community resources.
• Completes PASRR/LOC requests
• Assists with crisis intervention, issues, concerns and ethical dilemmas.
• Assists patient with placement issues
• Evaluates psychosocial care provided through home visits, conferences and documentation review.
• Immediately reports any changes to the RN Case Manager or interdisciplinary team.
• Performs joint patient care visits with the RN Case Manager or other members of the interdisciplinary team to address psychosocial or safety concerns.
• Maintains open lines of communication between other disciplines regarding patient issues.
• May provide psycho educational training opportunities to hospice team on the significance of social and emotional factors potentially faced during end of life.
• Performs a psychosocial assessment of patient’s status and needs, including cognitive functioning, emotional status adjustment to illness and its implications, coping abilities, relationships, identity issues, unfinished business, etc.
• Assesses the social, emotional, financial and material factors related to the patient’s illness and involves the patient and family in establishing a care plan with mutually agreed upon goals.
• Provides crisis intervention related to patient’s terminal illness and needs for care including reducing or eliminating high risks indicators endangering the patient’s physical, mental, and emotional health.
• Assists other hospice team members in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patient’s illness.
• Initiates appropriate clinical interventions in accordance with professional standards of practice and agency-established criteria for competency.
• Refers hospice patients and family members to appropriate resources
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License/Certification:

• LMSW (Required)

Work Location: On the road

Territory to include but not limited to: Hillsboro, McMinnville, Beaverton, Monmouth, Independence, Sheridan, Dallas and Surrounding areas