What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Social Work Supervisor position at Grace Hospice?
If you are seeking a career that puts you in a position to change the world, one life at a time, you have come to the right place. At Grace Hospice we offer professional care with a personal touch by focusing on the patients and families, not the disease, while emphasizing quality of life and dignity. We have built our nonprofit Hospice Agency by going back to the original roots of hospice care reach in spiritual, emotional and physical care for those at their end of life. We are an equal opportunity, drug free organization striving for excellence while offering competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.
Position Summary: The Hospice Social Work Supervisor is responsible to oversee and supervise the Social Work team to ensure patients and families at Grace Hospice are getting the necessary psychosocial support in compliance with the Medicare conditions of participation.
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree accredited school of Social Work
- MN Board of Social Work Supervision certified preferred
- Knowledge of community resources
- Current state of Minnesota Social Work license
- Experience in acute, long-term care or home care/hospice/public health
- Leadership and management experience
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Critical thinker
- Current Minnesota driver’s license, insurance and daily access to reliable vehicle
Job Duties:
- Ability to adequately describe the hospice benefit to patients and families
- Providing psychosocial education to patients and family caregivers about coping skills, hospice and palliative care philosophy, and nonpharmacological symptom management strategies;
- Identifies the patient/family physical, psychosocial, environmental, development and safety needs and individualizes the patient’s plan of care based on the needs identified.
- Documents patient problems, social work assessments, patient goals, care provided and patient/family outcomes from interventions and care provided in a timely manner
- Consults and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patient’s care
- Available to help support visits, admissions, and support to social workers
- Meets monthly with non MSW social workers to be in compliance with Medicare regulations
- Facilitates Social Work discipline meetings
- Mentors and guides social workers on best practices and regulations
- Completes annual reviews with social workers
- Monitors social workers productivity
- A member of the leadership on call team
Benefits Include:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long/short-term disability
- Basic life/AD&D
- Supplemental Life/AD&D
- Dependent Life/AD&D
- Paid vacation and sick days and holidays
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care reimbursement
- Work with an awesome team
www.gracecaring.org
Salary : $44,400 - $56,200
