Medical Social Worker LMSW

Company: Bridgeway Healthcare
Location: Greenville
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

As our Hospice Medical Social Worker, you will:

• Provide wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess the pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet their needs, which include: social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
• Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
• Attend weekly inter-disciplinary meetings to identify risks that were not evident and/or assessed.
• Participate in on-call rotation with other social work team members as assigned/directed by the Administrator.

Job Requirements

• Master's in Social Work is strongly preferred. Bachelor's Degree in counseling, social work, psychology, theology, divinity, or equivalent field strongly preferred.
• Professional Licensure as a Social Worker in the State of Georgia.
• Clinical experience or formal training related to death, dying, and bereavement. Equivalent combination of specialized training, education and experience will be considered.
• Knowledgeable of hospice state and federal regulations.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, to include some evenings and weekends.
• Valid driver's license and auto liability insurance.

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