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Social Worker MSW - Palliative Care
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$28.93 - $44.57 an hour depends on experience
Full-time
- Social Worker MSW - Palliative Care, UHS Wilson Medical CenterUnited 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.
- OverviewUnder 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.
- 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.
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