Inpatient Social Worker - Palliative Care

Advocate Aurora Health

Base: $30.70 - $46.05; bonus/equity: not specified...
Psychosocial assessment and intervention
Multi-disciplinary team collaboration
Community resource knowledge
Provides comprehensive social work services to patients, families, and individuals, including psychosocial assessment, screening, determination of needs, evaluation, appropriate interventions, follow-up, and discharge planning

Job Summary

  • Provides comprehensive social work services to patients, families, and individuals, including psychosocial assessment, screening, determination of needs, evaluation, appropriate interventions, follow-up, and discharge planning.
  • Participates as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team to develop safe and timely coordination of care, including post-acute placement, palliative/hospice service lines, and community resources.
  • Offers support and connection to additional services such as bereavement and loss, ethical issues, advanced directives, and end-of-life issues, while also connecting patients to appropriate agencies for suspected abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and guardianship.

Matching Summary

Provides comprehensive social work services to patients, families, and individuals, including psychosocial assessment, screening, determination of needs, evaluation, appropriate interventions, follow-up, and discharge planning.

Salary

Base: $30.70 - $46.05; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Yes

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Psychosocial assessment and intervention
  • Multi-disciplinary team collaboration
  • Community resource knowledge
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Documentation according to protocols

Nice-to-have

  • Support for bereavement and loss
  • Ethical issue resolution
  • Advance care planning
  • Orientation of new staff

Key Requirements

  • Master’s degree in social work
  • 1 year of social work experience in healthcare
  • IL-LSW Eligible, LCSW preferred

Work Rights

Not specified

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