Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Home Health - PRN

Company: Encompass Health
Location: Yuma
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

Division: Home Health

Patient Coverage Area: Yuma

As a national leader across home health, hospice, and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, Encompass Health is consistently ranked as a top best-place-to-work in the communities we serve. Our philosophy of delivering a better way to care exemplifies our commitment to quality, compassionate care for our patients, all while fostering a unique culture that is compassionate and collaborative.

• Encompass Health's enterprising model of the continuum of care for post-acute services sets the standards for excellence. This is evident throughout all of our care settings and office locations, as we maintain a workplace that is stable, ethical, and supportive.
• At Encompass Health, we continually invest in employees to assist in them achieving personal goals and make meaningful, measurable differences in the lives of their patients.

EOE

Responsibilities

Encompass Health - Home Health & Hospice is looking for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to provide professional, comprehensive, family-oriented services to individuals in the home setting.

• Assess patients' and families' psychosocial, environmental, and financial needs.
• Formulate, implement, and evaluates a plan of care in collaboration with patient, family, and other caregivers, and provides case management as appropriate.
• Assist the team in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patients' health problems.
• Maintain documentation in patient's record per internal regulatory and professional standards.
• Monitor, observe, and evaluate changes and progress in patient's condition and environment. Report changes, progress, or lack of progress to physician and/or nurse case manager.
• Acts as key source in patient situations such as: ineffective patient/family coping and decision making advance directives long term or assisted living placement substance abuse abuse/neglect and/or bereavement.

Qualifications

• Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of employment.
• Must possess one year of social work experience in a health care setting.
• Medicare home health or hospice experience is preferred.
• Must be capable of making independent decisions relevant to client's needs.
• Must be capable of prioritizing and handling multiple tasks of critical importance simultaneously.

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