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Hospice Social Service Weekend Coordinator (LCSW)

RemoteRemoteFull Time$30–$35 /hrPosted 2 months ago

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Required skills

  • MSW
  • EHR
  • EMR Documentation
  • Advance Care Planning
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Social Work Visits
  • Clinical Records
  • Interdisciplinary Care Team

Nice to have

  • LCSW
  • Leadership Experience
  • Healthcare Setting
  • Hospice Setting
  • Home Health
  • Hospice Philosophy

Role summary

Suncrest Hospice is seeking a Social Service Weekend Coordinator to provide exceptional hospice care. This remote, full-time role focuses on coordinating PRN staff and visits, addressing urgent patient and family needs on weekends, and collaborating with nursing leadership. Responsibilities include patient/family needs assessment, scheduling social workers and chaplains, crisis intervention, and maintaining EHR documentation. The ideal candidate will have a Master's in Social Work, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work independently. Experience in hospice or healthcare leadership is preferred.

Why Suncrest

At Brighton/Suncrest Hospice our goal is to change the expectation of hospice care in your area by providing exceptional care and service to our patients. This is achieved by allocating the resources to increase our staff to patient ratios, thereby increasing clinical visits while lowering clinician caseloads. We are proud to be a Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) certified hospice. If you have a commitment to providing the highest quality of care to patients and their families, we would like to hear from you!

Benefits

1. Actual Work/Life Balance

2. Competitive Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

3. Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

4. Paid Time Off

5. 401k plan with employer match and 100% vesting after 90 days of employment

6. A culture with an emphasis on appreciating and valuing the team member

7. The opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing national company, with possible position upgrades

Details

The social service weekend coordinator contracted or employed through Suncrest Hospice is responsible for the implementation of standards of care for medical social work services and for adherence to all conditions in the Service or Employment Agreement.

 Primary responsibility is coordinating PRN staff and visits; other duties may follow as applicable.

  • The Social Service Weekend Coordinator will work closely with our social workers, chaplains, nursing leadership to ensure that patient needs are addressed on the weekends. This role requires a timely response to calls and requests, effective clinical assessment, and the ability to work independently.
  • Assess and prioritize patient and family needs and schedule PRN and Part-time Social Workers and Chaplains for patient visits from Friday evening-Sunday. 
  • Collaborate with weekend nursing director and team to triage urgent psychosocial patient issues
  • Speak with patients, families, senior living facilities, community agencies, to address time sensitive needs of patients
  • May be responsible for responding to urgent patient and family needs, including but not limited to advance care planning, assisting with funeral arrangements, urgent respite placement in skilled nursing facility, and assisting with finding caregivers
  • Conducts evaluations of family dynamics, caregiver abilities, communication patterns, high-risks for suicide, neglect or abuse, and plans intervention based on evaluation findings. Counsels patient and family/caregivers as needed in relationship to stress, and other identified coping difficulties. Provides crisis intervention when necessary.
  • Conduct social work visits when indicated when PRN or On-Call staff unavailable
  • Completes charting in the EHR in a timely manner, and maintains clinical records on all patients referred to social services
  • Provides information and referrals for patients and families/caregivers regarding practical needs and community agencies.
  • Maintains collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patient care.
  • Assists Interdisciplinary care team member in understanding significant psychosocial and emotional factors related to medical condition and end of life concerns
  • Other duties as delegated by the supervisor.
  • The Social Service Weekend Coordinator hours are:

    • 3:00pm - 5:00pm Friday, or another two-hour period in the evening

    8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday and Sunday

    Location: Remote

    Qualifications

  • LCSW Preferred 
  • A graduate of a master’s program in social work (MSW) accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
  • Preferred leadership experience in a healthcare or hospice setting
  • Demonstrates good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize, work independently.
  • Strong technical skills for EMR documentation, reporting and auditing.
  • Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working condition, that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.

    • Qualifications

    1. LCSW Preferred 

    2. A graduate of a master’s program in social work (MSW) accredited by the Council on Social Work Education

    3. Social service leadership experience in a healthcare setting

    4. Understands hospice philosophy, and issues of death/dying.

    5. Experience in a hospice care or home health preferred.

    6. Demonstrates good verbal and written communication skills.

    7. Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize, work independently.

    8. Strong technical skills for EMR documentation, reporting and auditing.

    9. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working condition, that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.

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