Social Worker-HomeCare Hospice

Duke Homecare & Hospice Duke Homecare & Hospice offers hospice, home health and infusion services as well as serves as the home for the Duke Caregiver Support Program. Our Hospice team works closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort their home or at our inpatient hospice facility located in Durham. Our team of nurses, therapists, social workers, counselors, and chaplains help patients and their families manage advanced medical conditions. Duke Home Health provides services in a patient's home that include skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social service, home health aides, and pain and wound management. Our infusion team comes to a patient's home to administer intravenous medications, including antibiotics and chemotherapy, to children and adults. Our nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, and patient services coordinators work under the direction of a patient's doctor to monitor needs and treatment.

Duke HomeCare & Hospice Position Description

In addition to the responsibilities and requirements described in the Duke job description, the Duke HomeCare & Hospice Social Worker will be responsible for:

JOB SUMMARY

Provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, and /or treatment related to the patient’s illness, and/or life situation. Identifies community resources to assist and meet the continuing needs of the patient and family in the home environment. May evaluate patients referred to the hospice program for admission

JOB RELATIONS

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains up to date knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid/JCAHO regulations.
• Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and family to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate social work treatment and interventions.  Interventions may include crisis intervention brief and long-term individual, family therapy as well as grief and bereavement work. 
• Collaborate with the health care team and involve the patient/family in the development and implementation of plans.
• Provide education and counseling to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, illness, treatment and adaptation to end of life issues.
• Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies; participate in area activities.
• Assist with screening, identification and management of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc.  Make referrals as appropriate and serves as resource for the health care team
• Will participate in on-call or after hour’s coverage.
• Document assessment, plan, interactions and interventions according to departmental guidelines and standards.
• Participate and represent social work perspective in multidisciplinary teams, rounds, etc.
• Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact on patient care, e.g., advance directives, child and elder abuse, etc.
• Serve as patient advocate.
• Maintain records and statistics in accordance with department policies.
• Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
• Keep current with social work and health care developments and seek to increase further enhancement of job related knowledge.
• Provide education to other health care professionals.
• Maintains confidentiality of employee and patient information.
•  Exhibits an attitude which promotes harmony and goodwill in the workplace.
• Displays a clean, neat, professional appearance.
• Participates in Performance Improvement Program.
• Promotes quality, comprehensive services through a team approach.
• Identities personal learning needs and implements corrective action plans to address those needs. 
• Conducts staff development programs to improve agency effectiveness.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

 Education:

Bachelors in Social Work

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

(above and beyond what is stated in the DUHS job description)

SOCIAL WORKER
Job Level: E2

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