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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee

About this job

Responsibilities

Encompass Hospice is looking for a Licensed Master Social Worker to provide professional, comprehensive, family-oriented services to individuals in the home setting.

* Assess patients' and families' psychosocial, environmental, and financial needs.

* Formulate, implement, and evaluates a plan of care in collaboration with patient, family, and other caregivers, and provides case management as appropriate.

* Assist the team in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patients' health problems.

* Maintain documentation in patient's record per internal regulatory and professional standards.

* Monitor, observe, and evaluate changes and progress in patient's condition and environment. Report changes, progress, or lack of progress to physician and/or nurse case manager.

* Acts as key source in patient situations such as: ineffective patient/family coping and decision making advance directives long term or assisted living placement substance abuse abuse/neglect and/or bereavement.

Qualifications

* Must be a Licensed Master Social Worker in the state of employment. Must have a Master's degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

* Must possess one year of social work experience in a health care setting.

* Medicare home health or hospice experience is preferred.

* Must be capable of making independent decisions relevant to client's needs.

* Must be capable of prioritizing and handling multiple tasks of critical importance simultaneously.

Overview

Encompass Home Health & Hospice is one of the largest Medicare certified Home Health, Hospice, and Pediatric service providers in the nation. Year after year, we've been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in our industry.

A few of our great benefits include:

* 30 Paid Days Off per year for Full Time employees.

* Continuing education opportunities.

* Scholarship program for employees and their children.

* Matching 401(k) plan.

A great place to work starts with great employees committed to a great mission - A Better Way to Care.

If you are interested in this position, please APPLY NOW by completing an online application!

EOE

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