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Job description
Niagara Hospice is looking for a full time Medical Social Worker to join our team of compassionate care givers. The Niagara Hospice Medical Social Worker will provides clinical social work services within the scope of practice to patients/families admitted to the Hospice program.
Responsibilities & Specific Duties
Assist patient in facilitating their goals; per patient choice
Assist patients and families in addressing their anticipatory grief issues as needed and nursing home information as need
Provide patients and families with volunteer services information
Assist with health teaching/disease progression
Conduct suicide prevention/lethality assessment
Mediate and advocate for patient choices
Assess families for potential complicated mourning, disenfranchised grief, or psychopathological history, and refer for pre-bereavement and /or mental health services as warranted
Identify and coordinate a plan to meet the psychosocial needs and services with other patient/family needs and services being addressed by the team
Participate in assessments, admissions, discharge planning, service availability, plan design, implementation of services, review of services, and evaluation responsibilities of the team.
Provide special awareness and in the identification and dealing of psychosocial stresses of patients and families in accordance with their own cultural and spiritual beliefs as they go through anticipatory grief, the dying process, and death
Establish necessary service provider linkages with allied health and social service agencies on behalf of the Hospice patient/family, with appropriate and advocacy
Maintain confidential, accurate, timely, legible, detailed, and professionally written records as required by Niagara Hospice and consistent with State, Federal, Third party payor regulations
Coordinate delivery of services to maximize effectiveness and eliminate duplication with contracted and/or cooperating social service units of hospitals, DSS, and other public and private agencies
Participate in Social Work on-call system.
Qualifications A minimum of a Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a college or university accredited by the Council on Social Work Education required.
A minimum of one (1) year experience in a social service agency adhering to acceptable standards
Benefits: We offer a strong benefits package that you are eligible for on your day of hire, including: Consistent Monday - Friday schedule (37.5 hours per week)
Health insurance with fully paid employer option for yourself and family
Company paid long-term disability insurance and life insurance
19 days of PTO time your first year with increases based on years of service
Paid holidays
403b for retirement saving
Dental, vision, disability and life insurance
Company Pension with employer contribution after 1 year of service
On-Call stipend provided for additional earnings
The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for this position. This is not inclusive of the value of the benefits package, which includes, among other benefits, healthcare/dental/vision, PTO, and retirement.
EOE
Worksite address
lockport, NY, 14094, US
Who can apply
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