Hybrid Clinical Social Worker LICSW bei Cape Cod Hospital

1. Assists patients and families to adjust to illness and lifestyle changesrelated to diagnosis, illness and treatment.
2. Participates in screening for Distress through appropriate tools and provides timely interventions to address psychosocial distress.
3. Completes psychosocial assessment and works with the patient and family members to develop a plan for intervention based on mutually agreed upon goals to maximize functioning through treatment and recovery.
4. Provide for or arrange for individual, family and group counseling and other appropriate interventions to alleviate distress and enhance functioning.
5. Identifies and utilizes resources to assist patient to adjust to changes in function, maximize independence and functioning.
6. Assists in patient care planning to ensure patient has resources to meet the psychosocial, emotional and practical needs of a cancer illness.
7. Evaluates the ongoing medical and psychosocial needs for home care
8. planning in order to set up appropriate community services.
9. Evaluates the current treatment plan, available social service programs and formulates a pertinent psychosocial care plan that will provide maximum benefit for each patient.
10. Assists patient/family in the procurement of essential equipment to allow
11. optimum and safe function at home.
12. Assists patient/family in the decision making process leading to the
13. selection of and placement in an appropriate long term care facility if appropriate.
14. Facilitates discussion of end of life issues and provides resources and education to patient and family to allow for informed decision making and reduced distress
15. Provides information and referral for continuing care and crisis
16. intervention.
17.  Provides education to the patient, family and team regarding specialized cancer related community resources and programming related to the individual needs of the patient.
18. Refers voluntary community based services to management such as community food pantries, charitable financial support organizations, as appropriate to enhance coping and provide for immediate patient and family needs.
19. Functions as advocate for patients as they interact with appropriate community agencies.
20. Evaluates the appropriateness of community services as possible and develop integrated plans to meet patient needs.
21. Works cooperatively with co-workers and communicates effectively with
22. departmental staff; other departmental personnel and health care
23. facilities; physicians, patients and visitors.
24. Acts in accordance with departmental policy and procedure.
25.  Functions within the professional National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics. Follows the Associate of Oncology Social Work Standards of Practice.
26. Is available to all clinical areas in the Oncology Department for Social Work services as needed and assigned.
27. Documents all OSW interactions with team, patient and family in the Electronic Medical Record for appropriate team communication, collaboration and continuity of care.
28. Maintains monthly statistical data.
29. Observes all safety, infection and environmental control procedures.
30. Functions in such a way as to meet departmental quality assurance and process improvement programming.
31. Attends and actively participates in meetings and serves on committees as
32. requested.
33. As assigned, participates in Tumor Conferences, Cancer Committee meetings and other Oncology related on-site meetings.
34. Performs other work related duties as requested/directed.

 

Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) and State licensure (L.I.C.S.W.)
• Minimum of two years Clinical Social Work in a health care setting
• Experience with Oncology patients preferred
• OSW0C Credential preferred

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