Job Summary :

The medical social worker provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings.

This position may provide social services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community.

This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective skilled, rehabilitative or palliative care as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Essential Responsibilities :

Provides social work services consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patients physician.

Activities include assessment of social and emotional factors related to the patients illnesses, financial and community resources and patient safety.

• Develops and implements an individualized care plan, utilizing department and community resources in a cost effective manner.
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary care planning to facilitate coordination of care.
• Assures personal competency through maintaining working knowledge of current social work practice, available community services, member benefits and resources and regulatory standards.
• Utilizes Kaiser Permanente Continuing Care Services departmental and community resources in a cost-effective manner. Consults with other interdisciplinary team members and shares work social expertise and perspective.
• Actively participates in quality management and quality improvement activities within the department including, but not limited to, clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review and continuous quality improvement projects.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Basic Qualifications :

Experience

Minimum one (1) year of experience in a health care setting.

Education

Masters degree in social work.

License, Certification, Registration

• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required before hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire. required at hire
• Masters Social Worker License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Clinical Social Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire
• Certified Social Worker Associate License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Advanced Social Worker License (Washington) within 6 months of hire
• Drivers License (in location where applicable)
• Basic Life Support within 0.5 months of hire
• National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements :

• Medical terminology.
• The psychosocial impact of specific illnesses.
• How to perform a mental status exam.
• Keyboarding or typing skills.
• Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation.

Preferred Qualifications :

• One to two (1-2) years of experience as a medical social worker in a home care setting.
• Experience with interdisciplinary team function.
• Previous work in a medical setting.
• Have obtained a certification as a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon State.
• Knowledge of Medicare regulations / requirements.
• Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Kaiser Permanente and community resources.
• Family dynamics.
• The dying process.
• Able to work autonomously and manage patient case load.
• Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop / notebook computers.
• Principles of documentation.
• Counseling skills.
• Ability to track down and locate needed information through telephone and written resources.
• Ability to make accurate assessments of psychosocial needs.
• Time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Notes :

On Call MSW Mon-Sun Variable days, Holidays, Weekends

PrimaryLocation : Oregon,Portland,Kaiser Permanente Building

HoursPerWeek : 1

Shift : Day

Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

WorkingHoursStart : 08 : 00 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 06 : 00 PM

Job Schedule : Call-in / On-Call

Job Type : Standard

Employee Status : Regular

Employee Group / Union Affiliation : W05 AFT Local 5017

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care

Department : Kaiser Permanente Building - Home Health - 1008

Travel : Yes, 100 % of the Time

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Last updated : 2024-03-27