UCLA Health Careers is Hiring a Clinical Social Worker III - Oncology, Westwood Near Los Angeles, CA
DescriptionThe Palliative Care Social Worker (PCSW) functions as a trans‐disciplinary team member of the Palliative Care Program that provides comprehensive psychosocial care to patients with serious and life‐limiting medical conditions. Provide clinical Palliative Care assessments and recommendations, assess and counsel patients and families experiencing severe emotional distress, facilitate and coordinate and when appropriate lead goals of care meetings, including advance care planning/advance directive completion assistance, perform general hospice conversations and referrals. Provide case‐management. Conduct basic pain assessments and basic spiritual suffering assessments and when appropriate refer to providers for further evaluation. Participate in program development as required. Salary range: $48.03/hr - $57.40/hr