Medical Social Worker

Schedule: Part Time, Weekends

Pay Range: $45 - $55 per hour

Coverage Area: Alameda County, Santa Clara County, Peninsula

The Sequoia Difference

At Sequoia Home Health and Hospice, we’re passionate about our work and take pride in the quality of service we provide. Our community is uniquely diverse, and it’s our aim to fulfill the unique needs of our patients through excellent individualized care.

Our focus is to help facilitate a smooth and safe transition home and provide life-changing service with the amount of care and dignity our patients and their families deserve.

Sequoia Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Hospice Medical Social Worker to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY

The medical social worker contracted or employed through the organization is responsible for the implementation of standards of care for medical social work services and for adherence to all conditions in the Service or Employment Agreement.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses the psychosocial status of patients and families/caregivers related to the patient's terminal illness and environment and communicates findings to the registered nurse and other members of the interdisciplinary group.  Provides an assessment in the patient's identified residence and assistance when this is not safe and another plan is required.

• Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings. Counsel’s patient and family/caregivers as needed in relationship to stress, and other identified coping difficulties.

• Maintains clinical records on all patients referred to social work.

• Provides information and referral services for organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.

• Provides information to patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.

• Serves as liaison between patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.

• Maintains collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patient care.

• Maintains and develops contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patient and personnel.

• Participates in the development of the individualized plan of care and attends regularly scheduled interdisciplinary group meetings.

• Assists physician and other team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems and death/dying issues.

• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

• Other duties as delegated by the Clinical Supervisor.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job.  The employee may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• A graduate of a bachelor’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Meets personnel qualifications stated in §418.114(b)(3).

• Minimum of one year's experience in health care, hospice experience preferred.  

• Understands hospice philosophy, and issues of death/dying.

• Experience in a hospice care preferred

• Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills.

• Possesses and maintains current CPR Certification.

• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Why Sequoia Home Health and Hospice?

Sequoia Home Health and Hospice is part of the Cornerstone/Pennant Group with close to 80 locations throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!

What makes us unique besides our culture of high performers and exceptional care? At Sequoia Home Health, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:

• Celebration

• Accountability

• Passion for Learning

• Love One Another

• Intelligent Risk Taking

• Customer Second

• Ownership

We’d love to meet with you if you are passionate about giving exceptional patient care and creating the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.  The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.  Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.  More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.