Social Worker - Licensed Clinical Therapist (Palliative care)

We are seeking a Social Worker (LCSW) to join the Palliative Care team.

The role of the PACT Social Worker is to support PACT inpatients and outpatients in partnership with the interdisciplinary palliative care team.

The PACT social worker partners with the primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers to facilitate family communication with the medical team.

The PACT social worker joins the Palliative Care IDT to engage in family decision-making and goals of care discussions, assist with developing an end of life care plan as appropriate, initiate / support hospice referrals and discharge coordination, and support transition to bereavement when indicated.

The PACT social worker is responsible for maintaining EMR documentation, participates in division quality improvement activities, is able to participate in research activities if interested, and other duties as assigned.

The Nemours Palliative Care Team (PACT) seeks a social worker to support Palliative Care inpatients and outpatients in partnership with the interdisciplinary palliative care team.

The PACT social worker partners with the primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers to facilitate family communication with the medical team.

Responsibilities:

Partnership with PACT psychosocial partners: bereavement coordinator, chaplain, child life specialist

Partner with primary disease / unit based social worker and psychosocial providers

Facilitate family communication with the medical team

Bio-psychosocial-cultural-spiritual assessment for family

Engage in decision-making, goals of care discussions

Follow inpatient and in the outpatient settings

Documentation

Develop end of life care plan as appropriate

Initiate / support hospice referrals and discharge coordination

If hospice - consistent communication with the hospice social worker

Postmortem family conference liaison

Gift of Life Partner for PACT

Provide support to clinical staff in psychosocial aspects of care provision

Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee's supervisor.
Qualifications:


* Master's degree required


* LCSW with Delaware licensure required


* APHSW-C (Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker - Certified) preferred


* Competitive candidates will bring three or more years of experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system.

With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida.

Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals.

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