Social Worker

City/State

South Boston, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health is hiring a Social Worker for Hospice Services in Halifax (South Boston), Virginia.

Shift: Days, Part Time (24 hours / week with an on call requirement on weekends)

Overview

Performs a variety of casework and provides social work services to patients, families, and significant Must develop and monitor multidisciplinary collaboration of services to patients where appropriate. Assist adult patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties associated with medical condition up to and including at time of terminal illnesses.

Manage patient-related referrals and inquiries. Assess and evaluate patient/family's, emotional, social, spiritual, and economic needs. Establishes a plan of care to meet identified needs and utilizes care plans or teaching guides to implement and direct patient care.; Performs thorough and accurate assessment of patient/family needs. Identifies measurable expected outcomes with specific interventions. Makes appropriate referrals to community agencies, nursing homes, etc. for patients that need follow-up after discharge. Evaluates and investigates patient financial resources and alternate funding sources. Assists other team members in understanding the social and emotional factors related to health. Uses the care planning process when planning patient/family care. Participates in ongoing discharge planning.

Completes accurate and timely documentation of care and/or services provided. Maintain thorough communication with internal and external customers as well as patients and families.

Social Work in physician office setting, CSB, home health, long term care, acute care or managed care setting experience.
BLS within 90 Days of Hire

Education

• Bachelor's Degree - Social Work

Certification/Licensure

• Driver's License

• BLS

Experience

• 1+ year of experience as a Social Worker

• Previous Hospice/Home Health experience

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.