Hospice Medical Social Worker — Growth & Benefits (VA)

Medical Services of America; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k)

Career Growth

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Medi Home Health & Hospice, a division of Medical Services of America, Inc., is seeking an experienced Full-Time Medical Social Worker to support our Hospice patients in Carroll and Blacksburg, VA. You will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate patient-centered social work services.

Responsibilities include bereavement support, assessing needs, and serving as a liaison to community resources.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's level social work degree from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Currently licensed to practice as a social worker in the state of VA.
• Minimum of one-year Hospice experience preferred.
• Valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Provides social work services in accordance with the physician’s plan of treatment.
• Works with the interdisciplinary team directly, or through coordination of team members, to provide appropriate assessment and support patients and families.
• Provides assessment for normal and complicated grief and provides bereavement counseling as appropriate.
• Serves as a liaison with other community resources.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Bereavement counseling

Education

Master's in Social Work

Bachelor's in Social Work

Job description

Medi Home Health & Hospice, a division of Medical Services of America, Inc., is seeking an experienced Full-Time Medical Social Worker to support our Hospice patients in Carroll and Blacksburg, VA. You will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate patient-centered social work services.

Responsibilities include bereavement support, assessing needs, and serving as a liaison to community resources.