Social Worker MSW - Palliative Care, UHS Wilson Medical Center United Health Services is seeking a Social Worker MSW - Palliative Care to join our WMC Palliative Care department at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, NY. This position is benefits eligible.

Shift

Day

Hours per week:

40

Salary range:

$28.93 - $44.57 per hour, depending on experience.

Overview

Under the Administrative Director of Palliative Medicine, with opportunities for clinical supervision from LCSW/LCSW-R staff, this position assists with the cognitive and emotional assimilation of diagnosis, prognosis, physical changes, functional loss, and decision making for patients with chronic, serious or terminal illnesses. Palliative Social Workers provide emotional support that often addresses symptoms of anxiety, depression, distress and anticipatory grief for patients and their loved ones. Palliative Social Workers routinely demonstrate skills and knowledge of grief, loss and advance care planning and e/MOLST with patients and staff. This role functions as part of both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams.

Shift: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Responsibilities

-Participates and implements discharge planning activities for complex patients in order to ensure a timely discharge and to provide appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers. Receives referrals for complex patient problem resolution from Care Mangers and other members of the healthcare team.

-Maintains accountability for the completion of the transition of the patient to the next level of care for assigned cases. Revises plan as needed. Updates patient/family as needed. Proactively identifies and resolves delays and obstacles to discharge in conjunction with Nurse Care Manager and Associate Care Manager.

• Maintains a working knowledge of financial reimbursement methodology for all payers to identify any financial risk/needs for acute care admission as well as post-discharge placement.

• Maintains knowledge of community resources and keeps a referral directory with updated information of available services and contact information.

-Assesses the patient’s and family’s psycho social risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness and ability to cope.

• Provides intervention and finds resolution for cases suspicious of adult/child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, sexual assault; requiring guardianship temporary/permanent, foster care, adoption, mental health placement, advance directives, child protection.

• Provides supportive counseling and crisis intervention counseling for patients and families as needed.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

Minimum Required:

• Masters in Social Work (MSW)

Preferred:

• 3 years post graduate experience

License/Certification

Minimum Required:

• NYS Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

About United Health Services

United Health Services is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving more than 500,000 people in Upstate New York’s Southern Tier region. We offer integrated healthcare services across 60 locations, including four hospitals, three walk-in centers, and 22 primary care offices, in addition to home care services and senior living facilities. The United Health Services system employs more than 6,300 people and comprises 600+ providers who are all committed to providing and supporting the delivery of exceptional patient care.

United Health Services employees and providers are “LOVED!” This means we’re Living Our Values Every Day. Here, you’ll join a team that is dedicated to values-based, coordinated patient care. Every day, we outwardly live our Values of Compassion, Trust, Respect, Teamwork, and Innovation.

About New York’s Southern Tier

As an employee of United Health Services, you’ll call the Southern Tier, or more specifically, the Greater Binghamton area, home. Known for entertainment and restaurants, craft brews, outdoor experiences, minor-league sports, family-friendly events, and a keenness for local history (like our connection to the Twilight Zone and our six antique carousels), Greater Binghamton offers something for everyone. We’re a short drive away from the Finger Lakes region in Central New York, three hours from New York City, and just shy of four hours from Niagara Falls, Canada.

United Health Services in an Equal Opportunity Employer.

United Health Services, Inc. and the members of the UHS System neither are affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed nor approved by, nor otherwise associated with, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS), UHS of Delaware, Inc. nor their affiliates, which can be found at www.uhsinc.com.