Social Worker AIM

Gentiva; Nacogdoches (TX); Remote; USD 68,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare organization is seeking a Remote Licensed Social Worker to join their Advanced Illness Management Program. This role involves collaborating with patients, families, and healthcare professionals to address psychosocial stressors related to serious illnesses. You will develop care plans, provide interventions, and educate families on advance care planning. The position offers a supportive environment that values compassionate care and professional growth, making it an ideal opportunity for those passionate about enhancing the quality of life for patients in need.

Benefits

Health Insurance

401k Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO

Mileage Reimbursement

Professional Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• 2 years of social work experience in healthcare, preferably in palliative care.
• Ability to establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement care plans for patients in advanced illness management.
• Support and educate patients/families on advance care planning.

Skills

Social Work

Palliative Care Knowledge

Crisis Management

Therapeutic Relationship Building

Education

Masters of Social Work

Job description

Our Company

Illumia Health is a fast-growing part of Gentiva, an industry leader in hospice and palliative care. Our clinical teams serve as an extension of physicians’ care, partnering with them and other specialists to offer advanced illness management, a specialized form of high-touch palliative care designed to provide relief from the symptoms and stress of illness while improving quality of life wherever our patients call home. This flexible, collaborative approach is provided alongside curative treatments as an extra layer of physical, emotional, and social support. As a close-knit team bringing compassionate expertise to the unique journey of every patient, we proudly celebrate each other’s successes in an inclusive atmosphere of generous support and rewarding career growth.

Overview

We are looking for a Remote - Licensed Social Worker for our AIM (Advanced Illness Management) Program to join our team, covering our Lufkin, TX palliative care branch. You will report directly to the Director of Care Management AIM. You will work with patients, their families, PCP, AIM, and other health care professionals to recognize and understand the social/mental stress and/or disorder that magnifies the symptoms related to the serious illness and support/educate patients/families in understanding and executing advance care plan documents that are consistent with their wishes. This role will develop and implement plans of care, assess crisis situations to appropriately provide needed resources, and /or referrals for the patient, and to provide family and individual interventions as indicated.

Compensation may vary within the salary range provided based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate’s location, experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications and department equity. Gentiva provides associates with a comprehensive benefits and total rewards package, of which base pay is just one piece.

Salary Range – $68,000-73,000

About You

• Masters of Social Work from an accredited institution
• Able to attain multistate licensing as a LMSW or LCSW - Texas Licensure
• 2 years of prior social work in healthcare setting; preferably palliative care, advanced illness management, or hospice
• Understands palliative care, hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying
• Knowledge of the impact of terminal diagnosis and anticipatory grief on psychosocial functioning, family
• dynamics, and community relations, and appropriate therapeutic interventions
• Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationship with patients, families, and colleagues

We Offer

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Health Insurance, 401k Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, PTO
• Opportunity to participate in a Fleet Program
• Competitive Salaries
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Professional growth and development opportunities

Legalese

• This is a safety-sensitive position
• Employee must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits
• Where applicable, employee must meet state specific requirements
• We are proud to be an EEO employer
• We maintain a drug-free workplace