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Hospice Social Worker

Singing River Health System
Singing River Health System Salary
Springs, MS Full Time
POSTED ON 1/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/29/2025

Hospice Social Worker
Hospice of Light - Ocean Springs | Full-Time | Days |
Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 39564
United States

The Hospice Social Worker works under the general direction of the Hospice Coordinator.  He/She provides supportive services to help meet social, emotional and economic needs of terminally ill patients and their families.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Education:
Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited school required.  

 License:
Must be currently licensed to practice as a Social Worker in the State of Mississippi.

Certifications:
N/A

Experience:
Minimum of one year social work experience required.

Reports to:

Hospice of Light Director

Supervises:

None

Physical Demands:

Stands, turns, bends, stoops, lifts, climbs, and uses many physical motions in performing day-to-day activities. Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and do a great deal of walking without experiencing undue fatigue. May be exposed to communicable disease or radiation.
Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels, with or without correction.  Must demonstrate the ability to communicate, speak, and enunciate to express/exchange ideas and detailed information in person and on the telephone.  Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity, with or without correction, with the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms that are closer to compare data at close vision.

Mental Demands:
Keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making skills in the management of terminally ill patients. Communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone. Emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress level associated with care of acute patient/family, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and families, and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians, and other health care workers.

Special Demands:

Work requires the ability to function independently, adapt to workload demands, set priorities, understand and set goals.  Must possess highly developed organizational, planning and management writing skills, excellent oral communication skills, and the ability to create/maintain a collaborative work environment.

Must have a valid Mississippi driver license as job requires traveling throughout the SRHS service area – with the employee providing his/her own transportation with liability insurance of personal vehicle used in Hospice activity, and a satisfactory driving record required. Frequent travel within a radius of 50 miles, with occasional travel beyond, is required.  Proficient knowledge and skill in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required




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