ProMedica Senior Care, formerly HCR Manor Care, provides a range of services, including skilled nursing care, assisted living, post-acute medical and rehabilitation care, hospice care, home health care and rehabilitation therapy.

The Licensed Social Worker is responsible to provide medically related social work services so that each resident may attain or maintain the highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.

In return for your expertise, you will enjoy excellent training, industry-leading benefits and unlimited opportunities to learn and grow. Be a part of the team leading the nation in healthcare.

Benefits Include but are not limited to:

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  Comprehensive, Health, dental, and vision
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  Life AD&D Insurance
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  Disability Coverage
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  401K
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  Mileage Reimbursement
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  Student Loan Assistance/Continuing Education assistance

Two years of social work supervised experience working directly with geriatric clients in a health care setting, desirable.

General Responsibilities

? Assess patient/family factors to estimate capacity to cope with diseases, terminal illness and death.

? Provides counseling services to the patient and family per organization?s policies.

? Assists patient/family in utilizing community resources.

? Assists patient/family with financial obligations, assesses appropriate resources.

? Evaluates patient?s insurance coverage and pursues options for financial assistance if needed.

? Submits paperwork in a timely manner to update and maintain patient medical records.

? Assists in discharge planning from hospitals to homes.

? Assists in nursing home placement of patients

? Participates in on call social work services.

? Provides counseling to staff, as requested..

? Participates in regularly scheduled interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate the care of the patient and

family, exchange information and problem solve, and receive staff support and in-service information.

? Ensure growth & profitability of the company through the responsible use of company resources and educating

the community to our services.

? Assesses and evaluates patient?s level of care needs and caregiver needs for respite care & reports

changes/concerns to the Medical Social Worker.

? Participates in agency quality assessment performance improvement (QAPI) programs.

? Applies the policies and procedures of the agency and the rules and regulations of federal and state regulatory

agencies and other certified agencies in providing care.

? Willingly accepts direction from Director of Professional Services/Patient Care Coordinator/Medical Social

Worker.

? Meets or exceeds established productivity standards.

? Adheres to established personnel policies.

? Accepts other assignments deemed appropriate.

General Responsibilities (Hospice Only)

? Assesses emotional factors related to terminal illness.

? Assists the physician and other IDT/IDG members in recognizing and understanding the social/mental stress

and/or disorder that exacerbates the symptoms related to terminal illness.

? Assesses the patient/family psychosocial status, potential for risk of suicide and/or abuse or neglect.

? Assesses environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety.

? Participates in the development and revision of the plan of care.

? Provides social services including:

? Short-term individual counseling

? Crisis intervention

? Assistance in providing information and preparation of advance directives

? Funeral planning issues and transfer of responsibilities regarding fiscal, legal and health care decisions

? Prepares clinical and progress notes.

? Identifies family dynamics and communication patterns.

? Involves the patient/family in the plan of care.

? Identifies and utilizes appropriate community resources and assesses patient/family ability to access them.

? Participates in in-service programs.

? Evaluates patient/family response to psychosocial interventions.

? Assesses caregiver?s ability to function adequately.

? Assesses need for counseling related to risk assessment for pathological grief.

? Assesses special needs related to cultural diversity including communication, space, role of family members and

special traditions.

? Identifying the developmental level of patient/family and obstacles to learning or ability to participate in care of

patient.

? Addresses patient/family questions and issues.

? Identifies obstacles to compliance and assists in understanding goals of interventions.

? Identifies support systems available to reduce stress and facilitate coping with end-of-life care.

? Evaluates for long-term care when appropriate and assesses ability to accept change in level of care.

? Communicates psychosocial information to in patient facility when level of care is changed.

? Assists patient/family in assessing financial resources when appropriate.

? Identifies patient/family needs when discharged or when level of care changes.

? Evaluates patient/family response to interventions when referred to community agency and satisfaction of the

service provided.

? Assesses bereavement needs

Travel

? Necessary on a daily basis; 100%.

Working Conditions

? Client home/living facilities.

? Exposure to disagreeable conditions including odors, infection, illness, and physical contact from disruptive

patients.

? Must be flexible to accommodate completion of tasks, patient needs & referrals.

Experience

? Two years of social work supervised experience working directly with geriatric clients in a health care setting, desirable.

? Experience in working with patients and families coping with terminal illness and death.

Education

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  Masters Degree Required
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  Must be licensed and in good standing with the state