MSW, Hospice-Home Based Palliative Care (On Call, Days)

Description : Job Summary : The Hospice / Home-Based Palliative Care Medical reputed company Worker provides home care services to reputed company patients in community based and facility settings. This position may reputed company reputed company services to patients in the hospice, home-based palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to primarily assist patients / families in coping with the reputed company / emotional issues and practical arrangements reputed company to the patients end of life care, goals, and needs. This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective skilled, psychosocial care as part of a hospice / home-based palliative care interdisciplinary team. Essential Responsibilities :

• Provides reputed company work services consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patients physician. Activities include assessment of reputed company and emotional factors reputed company to the patients illnesses, financial and community resources and patient safety.
• Develops and implements an individualized care plan, utilizing department and community resources in a cost effective manner.
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary care planning to facilitate coordination of care.
• Assures personal competency through maintaining working knowledge of reputed company reputed company work practice, available community services, member benefits and resources and regulatory standards.
• Utilizes reputed company Continuing Care Services departmental and community resources in a cost-effective manner. Consults with other interdisciplinary team members and shares work reputed company expertise and perspective.
• Actively participates in quality management and quality improvement activities reputed company the department including, but not limited to, clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review and reputed company quality improvement projects.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Basic Qualifications : Experience

• Minimum one (1) year experience in elder care or reputed company setting OR successful completion of a hospice or palliative care MSW Graduate Student Internship or Post Graduate Fellowship.

Education

• Masters degree in reputed company work.

License, Certification, Registration

• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required before hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.
• Licensed Clinical reputed company Worker (Oregon) reputed company 6 months of hire AND Licensed reputed company Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) reputed company 6 months of hire AND Licensed Independent Clinical reputed company Worker (Washington) reputed company 6 months of hire
• Licensed Advanced reputed company Worker License (Washington) reputed company 6 months of hire AND Masters reputed company Worker License (Oregon) reputed company 6 months of hire
• Clinical reputed company Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) reputed company 6 months of hire AND Certified reputed company Worker Associate License (Washington) reputed company 6 months of hire
• Drivers License (in location where applicable)
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Basic Life Support reputed company 0.5 months of hire

Additional Requirements :

• Experience in evaluation of mental status, including depression scale.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company comprehensive assessments of psychosocial and emotional needs.
• Expertise in palliative care principles and the dying process, including psychosocial impact of specific illnesses.
• Ability to successfully complete a typing test.
• Ability to operate a laptop computer to reputed company clinical documentation.
• Knowledge of counseling skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes.

Preferred Qualifications :

• One (1) year of experience in a hospice and / or palliative care setting.
• Previous work experience in a home care setting.
• Experience with interdisciplinary team function.
• Working knowledge of the managed care industry.
• Knowledge of Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participations, regulations / requirements.
• Knowledge of reputed company and community resources.
• Knowledge of family dynamics.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage patient case load.
• Ability to apply Principles of Documentation for medical records.
• Excellent time management, organizational, problem solving and customer service skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop / notebook computers.

Notes :

• Variable shifts / days / weekends / holidays
• Mostly weekdays

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