Palliative Care Licensed Clinical Social Worker

• Providing counseling and emotional support to patients and families, helping them cope with the emotional, social, and psychological impact of illness.
• Facilitating communication between the healthcare team, patients, and families to ensure that care goals are understood and aligned.
• Supporting advance care planning, including helping patients and families make informed decisions about treatment options, and discussing issues like living wills, power of attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders.
• Crisis intervention, including managing situations where patients or families are experiencing significant distress or anxiety.
• Assessing family dynamics and providing referrals for additional services, such as grief counseling, financial assistance, or support groups.
• Educating and supporting family members, helping them understand the stages of illness, caregiving, and bereavement.
• Advocating for the patient’s psychosocial needs within the broader healthcare system, ensuring they receive the appropriate resources and care.
• Adheres to all department/facility policies.
• Must behave ethically and professionally.

• Have a master's degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Prefer at least three years of full-time social work experience in palliative care

• The role requires strong interpersonal skills, a deep understanding of human behavior, and expertise in the psychological aspects of chronic illness and end-of-life care.
• Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, effective written and oral communication, diplomacy, organizational, and analytic skills.
• Self-directed, assertive and creative in problem solving, systems planning and patient care management in a high-volume work environment.
• Must be capable of working with diverse populations.
• Must have emotional resilience and stability since the work often involves dealing with crises.
• Must have knowledge in caring for patients in different developmental stages throughout the life cycle.

• The jobholder must demonstrate current competencies applicable to the job position.
• Excellent customer service
• Problem resolution skills
• Critical thinking skills and ability to analyze datasets
• Effective verbal and writing skills
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Demonstrates customer-focused interpersonal skills and interacts effectively with practitioners, the interdisciplinary healthcare team, community agencies, patients, and families who may have diverse opinions, values, and religious and cultural ideals.
• Demonstrates ability to work autonomously and be directly accountable for results
• Demonstrates flexibility
• Exhibits capability to influence and negotiate individual and group decision making
• Possesses skills to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment
• Displays proven ability to positively influence behavior and outcomes

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