Job Description
Job Posting
Medical Social Worker
Hospice
Part-TIme; Day Shift
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Job Summary: Under the direction of the Hospice Director, the Hospice Medical Social Worker shall provide home visits for purposes of assessment, community liaison and counseling, of terminally ill patients and their family. Attends interdisciplinary team meetings weekly to provide insight into social needs of patients and their families.
Education: Must have a minimum BSW in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
Experience / Skills: Experience in field of social work, especially areas of counseling and community resources.
Licensure, Registration, Certification: Must have current licensure in State of Missouri for Social Work.
Mental / Physical Requirements: (may be met with or without reasonable accommodations): Ability to meet multiple deadlines and to prioritize. Ability to receive and express detailed information through oral communications, visual acuity, and the ability to read and understand written directions. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Ability to safely operate an automobile. Standing, walking, sitting, lifting, turning, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping crouching, twisting, and reaching are required. Must be able lift 20 lbs. from floor and overhead, and 40 lbs. from waist height; exercise good body mechanics in execution of essential duties, including appropriate back and neck posture.
Working Conditions: Ability to work in a fast paced, multidisciplinary office, meeting multiple deadlines, and the ability to set priorities. Interaction with various individuals of the department and hospital. Environment of changing regulatory requirements for agency operations. Exposure to various community environments (i.e. dogs, cats, etc.). Participate in fund-raising efforts.
Human development can be divided into eight stages. In each stage the individual has a primary task to accomplish or master. Each task is important throughout the life span but is most critical at a particular stage.
- Infant (0-1 year): The infant must learn to trust that his/her needs will be met.
- Toddler (1-3 years): The toddler must learn to develop a sense of himself as an independent person and gain self-confidence and self-control.
- Pre-school child (3-6 years): The pre-school child must develop a sense if initiating (being able to explore the world and start projects).
- School age child (6-12 years): The school age child must develop a sense to his/her own self-worth through accomplishments and interaction with others.
- Adolescent (13-20 years): the adolescent must develop his/her own identity.
- Young adult (21-43 years): The young adult must develop close relationships.
- Middle adult (44-65 years): The middle adult must develop a sense of community and assume responsibility for others.
- Older adult (65 years and older): The older adult must come to understand the meaning of his/her life in terms of what has been accomplished.
Texas County Memorial Hospital is a tobacco-free smoke-free facility.