Hospice & Home Health Medical Social Worker — Per Diem

UnitedHealth Group; Bartlett (TN); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 63.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Comprehensive benefits

Incentives and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Zusammenfassung

UnitedHealth Group, through Amedisys, seeks a Per diem Medical Social Worker to provide psychosocial support, assessment, and care coordination for home-based patients. You will address emotional, social, financial, and environmental factors affecting health and recovery while connecting families to community resources.

Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team, you will educate patients and families about care plans, assist with discharge planning, and identify risks to improve safe

Qualifikationen

• Masters and/or Doctorate degree from a school of social work, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Active licensure in Medical Social Work (LMSW) or Clinical Social Work (LCSW)
• Driver's License and access to reliable transportation
• Current CPR certification
• Has one year of social work experience in a health care setting
• Meets state and federal requirements for this position

Aufgaben

• Assists the patient and family with health related financial, social and emotional concerns and assists with effective coping skills
• Provides social work services in accordance with the plan of care
• Ensures that changes in the patient's clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and the care center office staff in a timely manner
• Educates the patient and family members and other team members on medical social work interventions and treatment plan
• Performs care planning, transfer and discharge functions
• Identifies risks or threats to the patient's health in the patient's environment and promptly implements appropriate interventions to reduce risks. Communicates identification of risks/ threats to the patient to the physician and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate care effectively
• Other duties as assigned

Ausbildung

Masters and/or Doctorate degree in social work

Jobbeschreibung

UnitedHealth Group, through Amedisys, seeks a Per diem Medical Social Worker to provide psychosocial support, assessment, and care coordination for home-based patients. You will address emotional, social, financial, and environmental factors affecting health and recovery while connecting families to community resources.

Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team, you will educate patients and families about care plans, assist with discharge planning, and identify risks to improve safe