Medical Social Worker, Hospice, Full time

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an energetic and experienced Medical Social Worker, MSW, for a full time opportunity performing hospice visits our Norwich office. This office services clients on a per visit basis in territories throughout Windsor and Orange, VT and Grafton NH counties. Prior home care experience preferred, but not required. As a Medical Social Worker, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides skilled nursing and palliative care to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the care and support required to remain at home. Responsibilities include: - Making home visits to clients in designated geographic territories. - Assist our team in understanding the social and emotional factors related to our clients’ health problems. - Provide clinical social evaluations and plan appropriate interventions based on evaluation findings. - Identify appropriate community resource referrals to address the client’s and the family’s practical and environmental needs. - Act as an advocate for both the client and the family to navigate the patient through the community system. - Participate in the development of the total...