Social Worker MSW - Oncology
Company: CARLE
Location: Bloomington
Posted on: April 23, 2024
Job Description:
The oncology social worker is a core member of the oncology
navigator team and provides psychosocial assessment of the needs of
patients and families and formulates an intervention plan to
address these needs, including but not limited to social work and
counseling services. Identifies environmental, emotional, and
psychosocial barriers that may affect the quality of life of cancer
patients and their families and assists with access to appropriate
resources. The intervention plan will enable individuals and their
families to access appropriate services within the limits of
available resources and achieve improved levels of health and
functioning based upon optimal psychosocial adjustment. This
position works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary care team
across the continuum of care to develop and implement an
interdisciplinary plan to provide coordinated care to improve
outcomes for patients with cancer diagnoses. Serves as point of
contact for providers who diagnose and treat cancer patients to
offer support, psychosocial assessment, education and linkage to
community resources as appropriate. The oncology social worker will
also assist with care planning, case management, outreach and
referrals to appropriate services.
- Ensures that social and emotional needs of patients and their
families/caregivers are met in collaboration with the
interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
- Provides crisis intervention and supportive counseling to
patients/families to support effective coping and positive
outcomes.
- Assists patients in accessing resources to ensure adherence to
treatment plan, including transportation, lodging and financial
resources.
- Provide systemic patient and family centered psychosocial
screening and assessment.
- Provide evidence-based psychosocial intervention.
- Demonstrate communication/problem solving/decision making
skills.
- Provide family and caregiver support and family
conferencing.
- Provide interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration.
- Design and implement a plan of care that links patients and
families with needed services and engages and supports them in
managing their illness and well-being.
- Systematically follow, re-evaluate and adjust plan of care to
reflect evolving needs of patients and families.
- Serves as the point-of-contact for ongoing psychosocial
resources for patients, families, and for team members to provide
to patients throughout the care continuum - pre-diagnosis through
treatment into survivorship.
- Communicates information regarding patient status and needs to
providers and identified care team members.
- Collaborates with support services (palliative care, hospice,
dietician, psychologist, chaplain etc) regarding how best to meet
psychosocial needs. Collaborates with internal and community
resources to provide assistance to patients/families for patient
needs.
- Documents meaningful, concise and timely clinical notes, social
histories/assessments, and discharge planning notes.
- Participates with hospital staff on an interdisciplinary and
professional basis and assists in planning, implementing and
evaluating a patient's plan of care.
- Provides direct services for patients/families exhibiting
psychosocial needs.
- Conducts individual and family meetings to address barriers to
care and psychosocial distress.
- Consistently utilizes a holistic approach considering physical,
psychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety and related criteria
appropriate to the age of the patients served.
- Identifies and delivers culturally-competent social work
interventions to patients/families to meet identified needs.
- Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
- Collaborates with the nurse navigator in determining who will
refer patients/families to the appropriate health care
professionals and/or community agencies outside the hospital.
- Continually expands own knowledge and the knowledge of other
staff on current resources available.
- Serves as a patient/family advocate around concerns such as
patient confidentiality, informed consent, patient autonomy, and
self -determination.
- Documents assessments, interventions, and referrals in the
health record according to documentation standards.
- Maintains current knowledge and practice according to standards
identified in the NASW Code of ethics, NASW standards for social
work practice in healthcare, and State regulations.
- Leads the implementation of the Kids Konnected program for kids
with a parent/caregiver that has/has had cancer.
- Ensures continuity of care with patient transfers through
verbal or written report from oncology nurse navigator to social
worker and vice versa.
- Demonstrates flexibility and self-direction in meeting patient
and unit needs by responding as a team player.
- Provides short-term crisis intervention and individual and
family counseling and support as appropriate.
- Provides group counseling as appropriate.
- Assumes the role of client advocate for the client/caregiver
when needed.
- Educates and assists with Advance Directive planning including,
Living Will, Power of Attorney, Surrogate and/or guardianship
process, DNR and other end of life issues as appropriate.
- Demonstrates evidence of professional growth and
development.
Keywords: CARLE, Bloomington , Social Worker MSW - Oncology, Healthcare , Bloomington, Illinois
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