Sentara
Location:
Newport News, VA
Work Shift:
First (Days)
Overview Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Social Worker.
Position Status: Full Time, Monday - Friday
Position Location: Sentara Hospice Services, Newport News, VA (travel in Hampton Roads required)
Responsibilities Performs a variety of casework and provides social work services to patients, families, and significant others. Must develop and monitor multidisciplinary collaboration of services to patients where appropriate. Assist adult patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties associated with medical condition up to and including at time of terminal illnesses. Interviewing techniques; skills for conducting group sessions. Assess and evaluate patient/family's emotional, social, spiritual, and economic needs. Establishes a plan of care to meet identified needs and utilizes care plans or teaching guides to implement and direct patient care. Performs thorough and accurate assessment of patient/family needs. Identifies measurable expected outcomes with specific interventions. Makes appropriate referrals to community agencies, nursing homes, etc. for patients that need follow-up after discharge. Evaluates and investigates patient financial resources and alternate funding sources. Uses the care planning process when planning patient/family care. Initial psychosocial and bereavement evaluation. Observes, evaluates and brings to IDT information regarding psychosocial, spiritual, physical and financial conditions affecting patient and family. Provides short term crisis intervention and individual counseling when indicated. Assumes active role of advocate for patient/family unit. If terminal, performs initial bereavement evaluation and determine family's level of risk after death of patient. Works in conjunction with bereavement coordinator in ongoing assessments. Makes appropriate community referrals. Communicates with physicians regarding assessment. Communicates with Program Manager/nursing staff concerning patients who meet the criteria. Participates as a member of IDT.
Education Master's Degree - Social Work
Certification / Licensure Driver's License
Experience Previous Hospice/Home Health experience Previous experience as a Social Worker and with Group Social/Recreational Programs
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Emergency Backup Care
Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
Life Insurance
401k/403B with Employer Match
Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer
and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work,
Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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Newport News, VA
Work Shift:
First (Days)
Overview Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Social Worker.
Position Status: Full Time, Monday - Friday
Position Location: Sentara Hospice Services, Newport News, VA (travel in Hampton Roads required)
Responsibilities Performs a variety of casework and provides social work services to patients, families, and significant others. Must develop and monitor multidisciplinary collaboration of services to patients where appropriate. Assist adult patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties associated with medical condition up to and including at time of terminal illnesses. Interviewing techniques; skills for conducting group sessions. Assess and evaluate patient/family's emotional, social, spiritual, and economic needs. Establishes a plan of care to meet identified needs and utilizes care plans or teaching guides to implement and direct patient care. Performs thorough and accurate assessment of patient/family needs. Identifies measurable expected outcomes with specific interventions. Makes appropriate referrals to community agencies, nursing homes, etc. for patients that need follow-up after discharge. Evaluates and investigates patient financial resources and alternate funding sources. Uses the care planning process when planning patient/family care. Initial psychosocial and bereavement evaluation. Observes, evaluates and brings to IDT information regarding psychosocial, spiritual, physical and financial conditions affecting patient and family. Provides short term crisis intervention and individual counseling when indicated. Assumes active role of advocate for patient/family unit. If terminal, performs initial bereavement evaluation and determine family's level of risk after death of patient. Works in conjunction with bereavement coordinator in ongoing assessments. Makes appropriate community referrals. Communicates with physicians regarding assessment. Communicates with Program Manager/nursing staff concerning patients who meet the criteria. Participates as a member of IDT.
Education Master's Degree - Social Work
Certification / Licensure Driver's License
Experience Previous Hospice/Home Health experience Previous experience as a Social Worker and with Group Social/Recreational Programs
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Emergency Backup Care
Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
Life Insurance
401k/403B with Employer Match
Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer
and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work,
Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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