- Salary
- $75 – $85/hr
- Location
- Katy, Texas, US
- Type
- Part-time
- Education
- PhD
- Source
- BetterTeam
Description
Title: Medical Social Worker - All areas.
Job Summary:
Provides coordinated care in the home to patients/clients of all age groups and performs psychosocial and bereavement assessments, analysis, counseling, and referrals to meet the needs of the patient/client and family. Participates in the coordination of care for families receiving hospice/home health care. HME visits $85 and $35 if phone visit and $45 IDT via Teams.
Job Qualifications:
Job Summary:
Provides coordinated care in the home to patients/clients of all age groups and performs psychosocial and bereavement assessments, analysis, counseling, and referrals to meet the needs of the patient/client and family. Participates in the coordination of care for families receiving hospice/home health care. HME visits $85 and $35 if phone visit and $45 IDT via Teams.
Job Qualifications:
- Education: Master’s degree in social work from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited social work program or doctoral degree in social work from an accredited university acceptable by the CSWE; or a baccalaureate degree in social work from a CSWE accredited social work program and is supervised by a licensed medical social worker (LMSW) and has one year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
- Licensure: Current and valid license (LMSW).
- Examiners. Current driver’s license.
- Experience: One year of experience as a medical social worker in a healthcare setting.
- Skills: Working knowledge of community resources. Good interpersonal skills.
- Transportation: Reliable transportation and valid auto liability insurance.
Environmental and Working Conditions:
- Works in patients’/clients’ homes in various conditions; possible exposure to infectious diseases; ability to travel locally.
- Essential Functions: social and bereavement Evaluation.
- Performs ongoing clinical assessment of home health patients/clients to identify psychosocial, financial, environmental,and community resource needs as evidenced by the Plan of Care (POC), documentation, clinical records, case conferences, and community resource referrals.
- Develops and evaluates the plan of care in partnership with the patient/client, representative (if any), and caregiver(s).
- Accepts clinical assignments that are consistent with education and competence to meet the needs of the patients/clients.
- Provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the Plan of Care, including patient/client, caregiver,and family counseling, and patient/client and caregiver education. Prepares clinical notes.
- Uses effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
- Communicates with all physicians involved in the Plan of Care and other healthcare practitioners related to the current Plan of Care.
- Demonstrates commitment, professional growth, and competency by maintaining a working knowledge of public and private eligibility standards and requirements.
- Promotes the agency’s philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to promote coordination of patient/client care.
- Participates in the agency’s QAPI program/meeting quarterly ($85 teams meeting).
- Participates in the in-service trainings- Last Wednesday of each month 12-1:30pm - paid as a in-person visit at $85. (In person).
Skills
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