Hospice Social Worker (Per Diem) (Kansas City, KS)
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Ennoble Care
Kansas City, KS, US
Summary
The Hospice Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments for patients and develops care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. They also provide ongoing emotional support to patients and families while maintaining accurate clinical records.
Job Description
About Us
Ennoble Care is a mobile primary care, palliative care, and hospice service provider with patients in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, DC, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. Ennoble Care’s clinicians go to the home of the patient, providing continuum of care for those with chronic conditions and limited mobility. Ennoble Care offers a variety of programs including, remote patient monitoring, behavioral health management, and chronic care management, to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality of care by a team they know and trust. We seek individuals who are driven to make a difference and embody our motto, “To Care is an Honor.” Join Ennoble Care today!
Ennoble Care is seeking an experienced, Per Diem, Hospice Social Worker for our Kansas City, KS area.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive assessment within 5 days of admission to the hospice program. This includes emotional, social, financial and environmental resources and to identify appropriate psychosocial problems, interventions and goals for the patient’s plan of care.
- Participate in IDG meetings and the development of the patient’s plan of care.
- Observe, record and report changes on the patient's emotional and social factors that are being affected by the patient's illness and his/her need for care and his/her response to treatment.
- Maintain and submit written clinical records as deemed by the Agency, including the initial evaluation, the care plan and daily notes.
- Evaluate the patients and family's response to, and effectiveness of, the medical social work intervention.
- Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits with the patients’ Case Managers to facilitate coordination of other staff visits.
- Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities.
- If the patient/family declines Social Work services, the Social worker continues to offer support to the IDG in it’s care of the patient and to monitor the patient/caregiver’s evolving needs.
- Participate in discharge planning, as needed.
- Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her Medical Social
- Worker practice through formal education, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organizational meetings, and/or individual research and reading.
- Assess the patient's/ family members’ ability to cope with the patient’s dying.
- Act as consultant to the members of the health team, assists them in understanding the social, emotional and environmental factors related to the patient's health problems.
- Help patients to utilize the resources of their families and the community.
Qualifications:
- Must have a Master's in Social Work (LMSW)
- Hospice experience preferred.
- Ability to reliably handle and maintain confidential information.
- Must be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order.
- The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.
Pay Rate: $40.00 per visit, $65.00 per admission and milage reimbursement at $0.55 per mile
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Full-time employees qualify for the following benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision and supplementary benefits such as Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity.
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Office Holidays
All employees qualify for these benefits:
- Paid Sick Time
- 401(k) with up to 3% company match
- Referral Program
- Payactiv: pay-on-demand. Cash out earned money when and where you need it!
Candidates must disclose any current or future need for employment-based immigration sponsorship (including, but not limited to, OPT, STEM OPT, or visa sponsorship) before an offer of employment is extended.
Ennoble Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring the best team possible, and does not discriminate against protected characteristics including but not limited to - race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status.
Ennoble Care provides home-based primary care, palliative care, and hospice for seniors who are frail, homebound, or close to it. We meet patients wherever they live, including private homes, senior communities, and long-term facilities. Our goal is to bring care to the places where it is needed most.
Our clinicians visit patients many times a year, supported by daily care coordination, close observation of changes in a patient’s condition, and remote monitoring. That level of presence keeps small problems from becoming crises. As our Quality and Outcomes Report shows, hospital admissions fall 25 percent in the first year and 63 percent by the second year. Medicare hospital spend drops to roughly half that of comparable homebound populations.
We serve approximately 50,000 patients across 15 states and the District of Columbia. Many live with multiple chronic conditions, cognitive impairment, and social isolation. Our work requires proximity, consistency, and a team that knows its patients well.
Our mission is to provide individualized care that supports physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. We care for patients across the full continuum, including chronic condition management, behavioral health, palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life support. Quality, cost, and access are not tradeoffs. They are the foundation of value-based care that works for the seniors who need it most.
To care is an honor. It is the reason we exist and the standard we bring into every home we enter.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Hackensack, New Jersey
Ennoble Care provides home-based primary care, palliative care, and hospice for seniors who are frail, homebound, or close to it. We meet patients wherever they live, including private homes, senior communities, and long-term facilities. Our goal is to bring care to the places where it is needed most.
Our clinicians visit patients many times a year, supported by daily care coordination, close observation of changes in a patient’s condition, and remote monitoring. That level of presence keeps small problems from becoming crises. As our Quality and Outcomes Report shows, hospital admissions fall 25 percent in the first year and 63 percent by the second year. Medicare hospital spend drops to roughly half that of comparable homebound populations.
We serve approximately 50,000 patients across 15 states and the District of Columbia. Many live with multiple chronic conditions, cognitive impairment, and social isolation. Our work requires proximity, consistency, and a team that knows its patients well.
Our mission is to provide individualized care that supports physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. We care for patients across the full continuum, including chronic condition management, behavioral health, palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life support. Quality, cost, and access are not tradeoffs. They are the foundation of value-based care that works for the seniors who need it most.
To care is an honor. It is the reason we exist and the standard we bring into every home we enter.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Hackensack, New Jersey
