Medical Social Worker MSW Home Health PRN

Bradbury Home Health, Inc.; Kokomo (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Medical Social Worker to join their dedicated team. This role offers the opportunity to provide personalized care to patients in their homes, ensuring their psychosocial needs are met. You'll work autonomously, collaborating with healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans that enhance patients' quality of life. With a supportive environment that values continuous education and offers competitive compensation, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in healthcare while growing their careers. Join a mission-driven organization where your contributions truly matter.

Benefits

Flexible schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive insurance plans

401(K) with employer match

Paid time off

Pet insurance

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited school is required.
• 1+ year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' psychosocial, financial, and environmental needs.
• Communicate significant findings and changes in patient condition.
• Implement and revise the Plan of Care based on patient needs.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Social Work Assessment

Patient Counseling

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work

Doctoral Degree in Social Work

Job description

Grow your career internally at Elara Caring, our best talent comes from within!

Job Description:

Medical Social Worker

At Elara Caring, we care where you are and believe the best place for your care is where you live. We know there’s no place like home, and that’s why our teams continue to provide high-quality care to more than 60,000 patients each day in their preferred home setting. Wherever our patients call home and wherever they are on their health journey, we care. Each team member has a part to play in this mission. This means you have countless ways to make a difference as a Medical Social Worker. Being a part of something this great, starts by carrying out our mission every day through your true calling: developing an amazing team of compassionate and dedicated healthcare providers.

To continue to be an industry pioneer delivering unparalleled care, we need a Medical Social Worker commitment and compassion. Are you one of them? If so, apply today!

Why Join the Elara Caring mission?

• Work autonomy and flexible schedules
• 1:1 patient care
• Supportive and collaborative environment
• Competitive compensation package
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff and continuing education opportunities for all employees
• Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(K) with employer match
• Paid time off, paid holidays, family and pet bereavement
• Pet insurance

As a Medical Social Worker, you’ll contribute to our success in the following ways:

• Ensures that all activities performed align with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and the leadership of the Home Health team.
• Assesses patients to identify the psychosocial, financial, and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, case conferences, team report, call-in logs, and on-site evaluations.
• Makes the initial social work evaluation visit and reevaluates the patient’s social work needs during each following visit.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the Supervisor, the physician and/or other personnel involved with patient care.
• Reports unsafe conditions and the outcome of each visit to the appropriate Supervisor by the end of the day.
• Implements the plan for patient safety, using patient, family, and community resources.
• Participates in implementation and development of the Plan of Care to ensure quality and continuity of care and proper discharge planning.
• Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician’s orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.
• Initiates and revises the Plan of Care in response to identified patient care issues.
• Writes physician orders to cover additional visits and changes to the plan of care, per agency policy.
• Incorporates patient care goals established in the plan of care, as evidenced by documentation in clinical note.
• Performs appropriate skilled services/interventions in accordance with accepted standards of practice and certified by the patient’s physician.
• Counsels, instructs, and includes the patient and family in following the Plan of Care and meeting social work-related needs.

What is Required?

• Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree in Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• 1+ year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
• Current State License as a Social Worker
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

You will report to the Branch Administrator.

This is not a comprehensive list of all job duties; a full job description will be provided upon request

Elara Caring provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard tosex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age (40 and older), national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.