Medical Social Worker – Older Person

Allied Health/Nursing; Dublin; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dublin South West Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP) Community Specialist Team (CST) is a specialist transdisciplinary service aimed at managing complex care needs of older people across care settings.

The Social Worker will collaborate with the Consultant Geriatrician and ICPOP team to develop and implement appropriate care pathways in partnership with primary care and community services.

Qualifications

• CORU registered as a Social Worker.
• Full driving license and access to own transport required due to travel.

Skills

Driving license

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

CORU registered Social Worker

Job description

Social Worker – Older persons

The Dublin South West (DSW) Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP) Community Specialist Team (CST) is a specialist transdisciplinary service primarily targeting and managing the complex care needs of the older person with multiple co-morbidities across a continuum of care.

The overall aims of the service are to:

• Provide a specialist geriatric opinion using a multidisciplinary approach to support older people with complex care needs.
• Develop a person-centred care planning approach that supports robust and timely communication across care settings.
• Support appropriate and timely reduction of Emergency Department (ED) attendance through the development of care pathways that support GPs and others in assessment of older people with escalating care needs.
• Provide support and education to the older person, carers and healthcare professionals.

The Social Worker, as part of the ICPOP Community Specialist Team (CST), will work closely with the Consultant Geriatrician and ICPOP operational team lead to develop and implement appropriate care pathways while working with primary care, community care and acute care services.

The case manager works closely with H.S.E. primary care & community services such as PHN, HSCP colleagues, respite, home support services, nursing home support office and day care services.

They have extensive links with our community and voluntary partners such as local councils, SAGE Advocacy, ALONE, Carers Ireland, Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland, Gardaí.

The ICPOP CST liaise and work closely with our acute hospital colleagues including the frailty at the front door teams, day hospital, and inpatient gerontology staff, and Psychiatry of Later life.

• Operationally report to the ICPOP Operational Lead for line management
• Professionally report to the relevant Head of Discipline for professional registration, supervision and clinical assurance
• Operate under the clinical governance of the relevant Integrated Care Consultant Geriatrician

Requirements for Role

• Full driving license and access to own transport to fulfil the requirements of the role as this post will involve travel.
• CORU registered as a Social Worker