VISITING NURSE dba Stillwater Hospice·Fort Wayne, Indiana
Provide comprehensive social service interventions and psychosocial support for hospice patients and their families. Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to manage end-of-life issues, grief, and community resource access.
Join our team at Stillwater Hospice!
At Stillwater Hospice, we foster and support growth, teamwork, and good work-life balance among all staff.
We offer competitive wages and benefits in our team-forward, positive care environment. We look forward to talking to you today about joining our team!
Compensation is based on total years of experience in previous clinical roles.
In this role, you'll care for patients in our 13 serviced counties, but focused in Allen, Wells, & Adams counties.
You will help with on-call but may have other duties related to staff time off. Expect hours on weekday evenings or on weekends.
We pride ourselves on promoting an Excellent Work/Life Balance and providing Excellent Employee Benefits.
403 (b) Retirement Plan for all employees with no-cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.
Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
Company-provided Uniform allowance.
A Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family household members.
New hire referral Finder's Bonus.
Free employee access to the services and programs at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center.
A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
Multiple employee engagement events per year: Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.
A strong commitment to promoting and advancing employees from within the organization.
The campus is connected to the Fort Wayne Trails system.
Position Title: Social worker, hospice
Flsa status: Non-Exempt/Hourly
Reports to: Social work coordinator
To provide all social service interventions for patients and their families who are enrolled in an agency program as appropriate.
To provide education/consultation to all staff and volunteers to aid in grief and loss issues.
Provide community education on agency programs and end-of-life issues.
A qualified Social Worker provides Medical Social Services under the direction of a physician & in accordance with a plan of care.
All services are provided by a professional social worker (LBSW or LSW)
Medical
Social
Services include:
Assessing emotional factors related to terminal illness.
Assisting the physician & other IDT/IDG members in recognizing & understanding the social/mental stress and/or disorder that exacerbates the symptoms related to the terminal illness.
Assessing the patient/family's psychosocial status, potential risk of suicide, and/or abuse or neglect.
Assessing environmental resources & obstacles to maintaining safety.
Participating in the development & revision of a plan of care
Providing social services including:
Short-term individual counseling
Crisis intervention
Assistance in providing information & preparation of advance directives.
Funeral planning issues & transfer of responsibilities regarding fiscal, legal, and healthcare decisions.
Preparing clinical & progress notes.
Identifying family dynamics and communication patterns and involving the patient/family in the plan of care.
Identifying & utilizing appropriate community resources and assessing patient/family ability to access them (food and meal resources; financial and legal services; community caregivers).
Participating in in-service programs.
Evaluating patient/family response to psychosocial interventions.
Assessing the caregiver’s ability to function adequately.
Assessing the need for counseling related to risk assessment for complicated grief.
Assessing special needs related to cultural diversity, including communication, space, the role of family members, and special traditions.
Identifying the developmental level of the patient/family and obstacles to learning or ability to participate in the patient's care.
Addressing patient/family questions and issues.
Identifying obstacles to compliance and assisting in understanding the goals of interventions.
Identifying support systems available to reduce stress and facilitate coping with end-of-life care.
Evaluating long-term care when appropriate and assessing the ability to accept change in the level of care.
Possesses analytical abilities sufficient to make decisions relating to complex problem situations.
Demonstrates conceptual skills to coordinate and integrate the organization’s interests and activities as a whole and to understand how its parts depend on each other.
Must be able to engage in clear, concise verbal/non-verbal communication.
Must be able to perform tasks involving physical activity such as lifting (i.e., boxes of computer paper and bound reports), extensive bending and standing, reaching, handling objects, fingering, and discriminating colors.
Must be able to endure long periods of sitting while driving.
Must be able to remain calm in occasional emergencies and possess knowledge of agency emergency procedures.
Must be willing to travel in inclement weather.
Potential exposure to infectious diseases.
The potential threat of physical violence to self. (Security personnel available upon request.)
Potential exposure to dangerous and invasive creatures, such as dogs, rodents, insects, etc.
Universal blood and body fluid precautions will be consistently used for all patients.
The employer provides protective clothing and equipment at no cost to the employee.
According to state law, seat belts must be worn when traveling during working hours.
The published compensation range for this position reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full-time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The base pay may be higher or lower based on demonstrated job-related experience.
Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work and at least one year of medical social work experience. Must hold or obtain an active Indiana social work license (LBSW, LSW) and possess a valid driver's license with a vehicle.
Communicating psychosocial information to an inpatient facility when the level of care is changed.
Assisting patients/families in assessing financial resources when appropriate.
Identifying patient/family in assessing financial resources when appropriate.
Evaluating patient/family response to intervention(s) when referred to community agency and satisfaction with the service(s) provided.
Assessing bereavement needs.
Helping to provide end-of-life education to patients and families.
Recognizes emergencies and has knowledge of emergency procedures according to Agency policy.
Participates in Social Work on-call rotation.
Adheres to Stillwater Hospice policies.
Adheres to Stillwater Hospice privacy practices described in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
When requested, participate in quality improvement activities and/or other agency committees or task forces.
Must be proficient and timely in all aspects of clinical documentation, including data entry.
Must display compassion, be a team player, have an optimistic outlook, and be adaptive, accountable, and customer-driven.
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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