What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOCIAL WORKER-PALLIATIVE CARE position at Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County?
Division : Eskenazi Health
Sub-Division : Hospital
Req ID : 22248
Schedule : Full Time
Shift : Days
Salary Range :
Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
FLSA Status
Exempt
Job Role Summary
The Social Worker - Palliative Care is responsible for providing comprehensive social work services which assist providers, patients and their families to find practical ways of overcoming social, emotional, and environmental barriers to optimum functioning and attainment of health. This position initiates social service plans for patients / clients through professional collaboration with medical, nursing and health care personnel utilizing screening questionnaires, diagnostic assessment and individualized therapeutic care plans.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing comprehensive social work services which assist providers, patients and their families to find practical ways of overcoming social, emotional, and environmental barriers to optimum functioning and attainment of health.
- Initiates social service plans for patients / clients through professional collaboration with medical, nursing and health care personnel utilizing screening questionnaires, diagnostic assessment and individualized therapeutic care plans.
- Provides direction in the selection, analysis, summarization and presentation of patient / client and related information for service delivery planning, case conferences and professional consultation.
- Provides therapeutic social work intervention to individuals, families and groups ranging from diagnostic assessment, short term counseling, crisis intervention, community resource referrals, patient advocacy, support, outreach, follow-up, and intr- / inter-agency consultation.
- Provides education, training, and coaching to introduce or improve coping skills of individuals and families.
- Documents services rendered in clinical records.
- Conducts social service orientation for Eskenazi Health personnel and students as appropriate.
- Utilizes communication and problem-solving skills to identify and facilitate resolution of problems in team functioning.
- Participates in staff meetings and education programs for staff and community agencies.
- Alters activities / behaviors to reflect and ensure adequate care and services appropriate to the age of patients served (i.e. neonatal, infant, pediatric, pre-school, school age, adolescent, adult, geriatric).
- Assumes responsibility for continuous professional self-development.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to facilitate the coordination and delivery of services which will assure appropriate treatment plans and continuity of care.
- Initiates advocacy / liaison role for patients in referrals to and from community agencies; collaborates with agency and hospital personnel in referral activities; cultivates referral network of needed resources.
- Interprets impact on client functioning of environmental conditions and family interactions through inpatient assessments, home visits and / or outpatient encounters.
Job Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America's best midsize employers' Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care - Center of Excellence in Women's Health, just to name a few.
