Social Worker AIM

Gentiva; Plano (TX); Remote; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in hospice and palliative care is seeking a Remote Social Worker (LMSW) for their AIM Program to provide essential support to patients and families dealing with serious illnesses. The role requires a grounded understanding of palliative care and aims to enhance quality of life through compassionate interventions and planning.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

401k Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Mileage Reimbursement

Professional growth and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Licensed LMSW or LCSW in Texas.
• 2 years prior social work experience in healthcare, preferably in palliative care.
• Ability to work with patients and families on advanced care planning.

Responsibilities

• Support and educate patients/families on advance care plans.
• Develop and implement plans of care.
• Assess crisis situations and provide necessary resources.

Skills

Therapeutic relationship establishment

Understanding palliative care

Crisis assessment

Patient and family education

Knowledge of psychosocial interventions

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 Social Worker (LMSW) for our AIM (Advanced Illness Management) Programto join our team. 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.

Candidate must possess a license in Texas.

Candidate must reside in Texas.

Remote position, but will cover Plano, TX area.

About You

• Masters of Social Work from an accredited institution
• Able to attain multistate licensing as a LMSW or LCSW
• 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

Location

Illumia