Job description

Altruist Home Health & Hospice is looking for a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) to provide professional, comprehensive, family-oriented services to individuals in the home setting.

Job Duties:

• Assess patients' and families' psychosocial, environmental, and financial needs.

• Formulate, implement, and evaluates a plan of care in collaboration with patient, family, and other caregivers, and provides case management as appropriate.

• Assist the team in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patients’ health problems.

• Maintain documentation in patient’s record per internal regulatory and professional standards.

• Monitor, observe, and evaluate changes and progress in patient’s condition and environment. Report changes, progress, or lack of progress to physician and/or nurse case manager.

• Acts as key source in patient situations such as: ineffective patient/family coping and decision making advance directives long term or assisted living placement substance abuse abuse/neglect and/or bereavement.

Requirements:

• Must be a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of employment. Must have a Master’s degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

• Must possess one year of social work experience in a health care setting.

• Medicare home health or hospice experience is preferred.

• Must be capable of making independent decisions relevant to client’s needs.

• Must be capable of prioritizing and handling multiple tasks of critical importance simultaneously. Our philosophy of delivering a better way to care exemplifies our commitment to quality, compassionate care for our patients, all while fostering a unique culture that is compassionate and collaborative.

LMSW, Home Health, Hospice

Part-time

EOE

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: $70 per visit

Expected hours: 30-40 per week

Schedule:

Work Location: On the road