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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location san diego, California

About this job

I believe my work is my calling.

With Gentiva's recent acquisitions of Odyssey Hospice, Harden Healthcare, Girling Home Health and Hospice, we offer home health, hospice, therapy, rehabilitation and community care services in many of our locations throughout the country.

Gentiva has over 40 years of experience in healthcare. With over 550 locations in 40 states, our clinicians care for 110,000 patients every single day. This affords us the opportunity to create best practices and develop them into industry-leading protocols and specialties.

As a 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.

Required Skills

Qualifications

Master's Degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education

Minimum of two year social work experience in a healthcare setting or social services agency

Current Social Worker license

Hospice experience a plus

Knowledge of and ability to obtain community resources (information and referral, state/federal financial programs and eligibility requirements, etc.).

Understand Hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying

Strong organizational and communication skills

Required Experience

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.