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Hospice Social Worker - Santa Ana, CA - Full-time / Part-time
Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
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Location | Santa Ana, CA Santa Ana, California |
About this job
What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You can improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You can work with in an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. And, when you contribute, you'll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.
The Hospice Social Worker is a member if the interdisciplinary team whose primary function is to provide diagnostic assessments of the psychosocial and economic needs of the patient/family unit, define social service goals for alleviating these needs and help provide both the counseling and casework needed to meet these goals.
Please note: This is a full time position that requires travel throughout our hospice service area.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Visiting patients to assess care and provide pain/symptom control
- Managing a case load of between 30-45 patients
- Attending weekly interdisciplinary team meetings
- Participating in care conferences and working in interdisciplinary teams
- Supporting the patients' families with funeral arrangements, psychosocial needs, community resources, etc.
- Maintaining hospice patients' charts and other documentation
- Participating in a required rotating on call schedule
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Master's Degree-level clinician in Social Work
- Minimum 2 years of social work experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong computer proficiency, must be able to type and navigate around a Windows environment
- Must have reliable transportation including valid driver's license and automobile insurance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hospice experience
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Licensure in the following is highly preferred: LSW, LCSW, LISW and LICSW
- Experience working with community resources
- Home health experience
- Long term care experience
OptumHealth helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their health care needs and stay on track with their health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.
At OptumHealth, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Job Keywords: Hospice, Social Work, Case Management, SW, Home Care, Long Term Care, Bereavement, Santa Ana, CA, California