MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER BSW - HOSPICE - Full-time

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FHN Hospice - Freeport, IL/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Flexible Full-time; F.8 (64-80)/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$22.04 - $36.37 Hourly/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Days - 8:00am-4:30pm/div /div h4Description/h4h1 style="text-align:center"span style="font-size:16px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Job Summary/span/span/h1 pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"The social worker provides social work services to patients and their families in order to enhance psychosocial functioning and continuity of care. The social worker conducts psychosocial assessments of patients/families. The social worker, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, develops and implements discharge planning for identified patients. The social worker provides psychosocial intervention with trauma victims, patients with psychosocial disorders, and patients having a difficult time adjusting to an illness./span/spanbr / nbsp;/p pnbsp;/p h1 style="text-align:center"span style="font-size:16px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Job Responsibilities/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Screen and prioritize all referrals./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Complete psychosocial evaluation to identify patient#39;s physical, financial, and psychological needs. Provide short-term counseling for patient/family as needed, including bereavement./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Optimize patient outcomes by referring patients/families to appropriate community resources./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Evaluate and discuss needs and options for discharge, and complete respite admission papers with patient/family when appropriate./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Collaborate with medical and nursing staff, other health care professionals and community agencies to assure the integration of social work services in patient care./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Communicate information to health case manager regarding patient#39;s needs that may delay service or impact the length of stay./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Organize, lead, and participate in patient care planning conference as needed./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assist patients with completion of advance directives./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Document social work intervention in medical record./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Provide on-call services./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Display competency for the Medical Social Worker role as evidenced in the annual performance appraisal following the FHN PRIDE Standards./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Other duties may be assigned./span/span/li /ul h4Qualifications/h4brp style="text-align:center"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:14pt"Requirements/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongEducation: /strongBachelorrsquo;s Degree in Social Work, Sociology, or Psychology/span/span/p p style="margin-right:1px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongRequired Experience/strong: Experience in healthcare setting/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongSpecial Skills and Abilities:/strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Requires the ability to write information and to enter/retrieve information from a computer./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Requires the ability to speak clearly and to hear conversations when there is background noise./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Requires the use of universal precautions due to exposure to blood-borne pathogens./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Work involved mobility throughout the hospital./span/span/li /ul pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:-1px"nbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:1px; margin-right:4px; text-align:center"span style="font-size:17pt"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Populations Served/span/span/span/span/span/h1 p style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:10px; text-align:center"nbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongWhile performing this job, the employee may care for patients in the following age groups./strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Infant (lt; 1nbsp; year old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Early Childhood (1 year and lt; 5 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Late Childhood (5 years and lt; 13 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Adolescent (13 and lt; 17 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Young Adult (17 to lt; 30 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Middle Adult (30 years to lt; 60 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Older Adult (gt; 60 years old)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Serves patients in areas other than direct patient care/span/span/li /ul pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongWhile performing this job, the employee does not care for patients in the following age groups./strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"No direct responsibility to treat or care for patients/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Neonate (lt; 30 days)/span/span/li /ul