BJC Hospice - PRN LCSW Clinical Social Worker

Additional Information About the Role

Shift Information: PRN Shift Monday – Friday day shift hours starting at 8 AM. For shift options (you could work a 6-hour shift, an 8-hour shift or a 10-hour shift. This department would like someone that is available for 1-3 days per week.

Home Office Location: - Mason Ridge in Chesterfield

Coverage area: Floating between the St louis area hospitals (Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Progress West Hospital, Barnes Jewish West County Hospital, Christian Hospital Northeast, Missouri Baptist Hospital and Barnes Jewish Hospital on Kingshighway) depending on the need for the day

Case Load: this varies depending on census. Will work as a team with the covering RN on most patients

Must Have Skills/work experience: Fully Licensed state of MO. LCSW license, inpatient hospital social work experience preferred.

Preferred skills or required work experience: home health experience is not required, but a bonus. Additionally, this is a very independent position, prior social work experience is preferrable

Job Responsibilities: Meeting with patients/families, determining resource needs and making referrals, determining social support needs, education and planning for end-of-life needs, counseling support needs for anticipatory grief.

Overview

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Hospice, the final stage of BJC's continuum of care, is a special kind of caring for patients with a life-limiting illness. Services are provided in the comfort of the patient's home or skilled nursing facility. The Hospice staff are sensitive to the physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill adult and pediatric patients and their families. We provide a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and volunteers, specially trained in symptom management, pain control, counseling and bereavement services for the dying. Our Hospice services include alternative therapies such as music, art and massage therapy. Our Hospice programs provide palliative care by helping patients manage their pain and symptoms while living their lives with daily peace and dignity.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides clinical social work services to address the psychosocial needs of patients and families. Provides individual and group counseling, linkage to community resources, expertise in cultural diversity and advocacy. Collaborates with the health care team and ensures timely, cost-effective discharge and transition planning.

Responsibilities

• Conducts screening and assessment activities to meet the needs of the discharged patient.
• Applies assessment findings to prepare a patient-centered plan of care.

Applies and complies with all regulations and utilizes resources available to patients to manage their continuum of care.

Minimum Requirements

• Social Work

Experience

• No Experience
• Supervisor Experience
• No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications
• Lic Clinical Social Worker

Preferred Requirements

• Experience
• 2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance
• To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer