Full Time Hospice Medical Social Worker (77496) at Seattle

Job Description

I believe that the care we give can make every moment count.Compassionate care and uncompromising service – that’s how Gentiva Hospice improves quality of life in the final stages oflife. By delivering palliative care by hospice professionals, our patients can spend their remaining days in comfort andpeace.At Gentiva Hospice, we believe that every moment matters. We believe in compassionate care. Most of all, we believe indignity and respect for each patient we serve.

I believe I can make a difference.With over 40 years of experience and more than 420 locations in 40 states, Gentiva Home Health and Hospice servesapproximately 80,000 patients daily. Gentiva is a company on the move – driving some of the most exciting newopportunities in home health and hospice. Financially and strategically, we are positioned to be a key player in theindustry for years to come. All of which make Gentiva the place to be.

I believe in working for a company that cares as much as I do.Gentiva Hospice offers our employees a unique employment package that includes:• Unprecedented opportunities for career growth.• Clinical ladder for professional credentialing and advancement.• Flexible full-time, part-time, per diem and on-call positions.• Comprehensive benefits which include competitive pay with direct deposit, medical, dental, vision, short and long termdisability, life insurance, a generous PTO package, paid holidays, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and much more.

I believe my work is my calling.

As a Hospice Medical Social Worker, you will:

• Provide wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess the pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet their needs, which include: social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
• Regularly re-evaluate the patient’s and family’s psychosocial needs.

Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Minimum of two year social work experience in a healthcare setting or social services agency
• Current Social Worker license
• Hospice experience a plus
• Knowledge of and ability to obtain community resources (information and referral, state/federal financial programs and eligibility requirements, etc.).
• Understand Hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Keywords: social work, social worker, MSW, M.S.W., medical social work, medical social worker, master social work, master social worker, medical, medical care, homecare, home care, healthcare, health care, home health, Medicare ~MON~

I believe the best is yet to come.As a Gentiva Hospice employee, we give you everything you need to make the most of your career, including advanced education and training, the latest resources and the industrys highest standards of clinical excellence. When you work for Gentiva Hospice, you can expect more: more opportunities, more challenges, more rewards. Thats why Gentiva Hospice is the employer of choice for some of todays most experienced and talented employees.

*Gentiva Health Services, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V encouraged to apply.
Country: USA, State: Washington, City: Seattle, Company: Gentiva Health Services, Inc..