Travel Social Work - Social Worker - $1,861 per week at PRIDE Health summary:
The Travel Social Worker provides psychosocial support and case management for patients and families as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team. This role includes conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments, planning care, coordinating discharge planning, and educating team members and patients about community resources. The position also involves mentoring new social workers and participating in quality improvement initiatives in a travel capacity.
PRIDE Health is seeking a Social Work Social Worker for a travel job in Windsor Mill, Maryland.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Social Worker
- Discipline: Social Work
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary:
The Social Worker (MSW) is that member of the interdisciplinary team whose primary function is to provide psychosocial support to the patient/family unit based on an assessment that identifies the needs, goals, interventions and services indicated accordance with the established plan of care and to utilize professional training and personal judgment in monitoring the psychosocial assessment process.
-This is a safety-sensitive position.
-Performs psychosocial assessments, case management, education and ongoing evaluation of patients and families.
-Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessments within 5 days. Maintains an appropriate clinical record, completing documentation by the next business day.
-Develops a written plan of care to provide information and direction to other interdisciplinary team members regarding the provision of social work services.
-Participates in the team decision to admit and/or discharge patients to hospice services.
-Assists with discharge planning by coordinating and ensuring that the plan is followed.
-Provides social work expertise regarding changes to the patient’s level of care.
-Documents all findings, needs, problems, measurable goals, plans, interventions, and patient responses in the clinical record.
-Communicates plans and changes to the physician and other members of the interdisciplinary team through the care plan, coordination notes, and participation in IDG meetings.
-Provides casework/evaluation and service management of patients requiring information about, or monitoring of:
-Family relationships.
-Meaning of illness to the patient and his/her family.
-Cultural and spiritual attitudes in relationship to illness.
-Long Term Care Planning – including process for placement.
-Advanced care planning expertise.
-Monitors safety of patient environment, including following reporting policy regarding possible abuse/neglect and suicide, ability of patient and family to adjust to the care of the patient in the home; and the financial impact of patient’s illness upon the family.
-Demonstrates teamwork and effective communication to accomplish patient, team and company goals.
-Shares areas of expertise and initiates interdisciplinary referrals including community outreach regarding end of life care issues.
-Educates team members and patient’s families about community resources and how to access them appropriately.
-May negotiate and represent patients/families regarding community resources.
-Represents patients/families in request for benevolent funds from the company Foundation.
-Participates in training and in-service education and leads training modules relating to SW role in hospice process. This includes training/mentoring of newly hired social workers to include orientation, policy standards and process review.
-Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the ongoing quality improvement process.
-Acts as the field placement supervisor for social work students including the day-to-day supervision, evaluation, project management and communication/coordination with the university’s field placement coordinator.
-Supervises Social Workers with a Bachelor’s degree per state and company policy.
-May participate in the on-call rotation to deal with admissions, deaths and crises management.
-Performs other activities as assigned.
-Consistently promotes company’s core values.
-Completes required Compliance annual training.
Pride Health Job ID #3-35714022. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About PRIDE Health
PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.
Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
Keywords:
Travel Social Worker, Psychosocial support, Case management, Patient assessments, Healthcare team, Hospice services, Social work expertise, Community resources, Training and mentoring, Mental health
