What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Social Worker position at Keystone Home Health Inc?
Medical Social Worker duties include but are not limited to:
Provide medical social services to patients in their homes in accordance with physician orders and under the direction and supervision of the Director of or another appropriate supervisor.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assist in the admission process of the patient to the Agency by performing an initial evaluation, assessing the patient’s psychosocial status and evaluating the patient, family and home to identify socioeconomic and emotional factors that will affect the plan of treatment.
2. Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary patient care plan as it pertains to medical social work.
3. Observe, record and report changes in the patient's emotional and social factors that affect the patient's illness and his/her need for care and his/her response to treatment.
4. Consult with the attending physician concerning alteration of the plan of treatment.
5. Maintain and submit written clinical records as deemed by the Agency, including the initial evaluation, the care plan and daily notes.
6. Evaluate the patients and family's response to, and effectiveness of, the medical social work intervention.
7. Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits with the Director of to facilitate coordination of other staff visits.
8. Participate in Agency activities and committees when appropriate to include staff development activities and in-service education.
9. Supervise the social work assistant per policy.
10. Participate in discharge planning.
11. Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her Medical Social Worker practice through formal education, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organizational meetings, and individual research and reading.
SKILLED MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
1. Assess the patient's potential to cope with his/her social and health problems.
2. Act as consultant to the members of the health team, assisting them in understanding the social, emotional and environmental factors related to the patient's health problems.
3. Help patients to utilize the resources of their families and the community.
4. Provide rehabilitative and supportive casework.
5. Assist patients and their families in coping with personal and environmental difficulties which might predispose them toward illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.