Medical Social Worker - Days - CasualPRN
Medical Social Worker - Days - CasualPRN
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Job Description
Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System
At Nebraska Methodist Health System we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. Its helping families grow by making each delivery special conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch going above and beyond for a patients needs or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary:
Location: Methodist Estabrook Cancer CenterAddress: 8303 Dodge Street Omaha NE
Work Schedule: Typical schedule for this position would be during the days of MonFri between the hours of 8a4:30p. March 2025 thru May 2025 there is opportunity to work 40 hours a week otherwise this is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an as needed basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week.
Develops implements maintains and evaluates a comprehensive nutritional services program for the cancer center.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions
1. Provides medical social work services to patients/families treated in the Cancer Center to ensure a comprehensive program of treatment.
- Identification of patients in need of social work interventions through casefindings and positive relationships with referral sources.
- Maintenance of patient records that include documentation of assessment plan and interventions directed towards meeting the assessed needs of the individual or family.
- Supports Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center clinics in their programs as requested by that department.
2. Facilitates support groups as a member of the oncology team.
- Provides facilitator leadership for Cancer Center support groups.
- Assesses the ongoing viability of cancer related support groups.
- Assures the availability of facilitators for all support groups.
- Identifies and reviews support group needs of Methodist Cancer Center patients.
3. Participates as a team member with cancer screenings in providing resource referral in the community for those found to have cancer and financial resource challenges.
- Provide to screening participants information about federal state local and nongovernmental financial assistance programs.
- Provide direct assistance in the application process for financial assistance programs.
- Maintains current resource file on federal state local and nongovernmental financial assistance and direct service programs.
4. Provides information about the Cancer Center and all Cancer Center services to patient/family to ensure a comprehensive program of mind/body/spirit.
- Provision of Cancer Center information packets to newly diagnosed patients.
- Updating the content of the newly diagnosed information packets to ensure appropriate information is available to newly diagnosed patients.
- Identify and provide linkage of appropriate Health System and community services to promote continuity of care and appropriate health care resource utilization.
5. Presents the Cancer Center to the community and state by offering workshops in regard to psychosocial aspects of cancer care.
- Participation in community education programs either as a presenter or as a member of the planning committee for the program.
- Participation in Cancer Center or Methodist Health System community education programs.
- Develops implements maintains and evaluates cancer survivor/family/community support programs.
6. Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the age specific criteria.
- Please see attached agespecific evaluation form.
7. Develops implements maintains and evaluates a process for identifying patients in need of social work assistance.
- Social Services screening tool in place.
- Screening process implemented.
- Regular evaluation of screening program.
8. Collaboratively works with inpatient social worker to maintain continuity of care for oncology patients.
- Positive relationship with inpatient social worker.
- Regular meetings/communication with inpatient social worker.
9. Serves as an ambassador of the Harpers Hope Cancer Survivors Program.
- Participates in Harpers Hope operational meetings.
- Seeks new processes to improve or enhance the program.
- Provides inservices/education to various audiences about the program.
10. Promotes a culture of safety.
- Assures compliance with The Joint commission National Patient Safety Goals.
- Monitors on an ongoing basis environmental safety issues and appropriate interventions.
- Assures completion and followup on Variance Reports and Patient/Family concerns.
- Participates in identification analysis reduction and evaluation of risk issues.
- Reports issues/trends to Service Executive.
Schedule:
Typical schedule for this position would be during the days of MonFri between the hours of 8a4:30p. This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an as needed basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week.
Job Description:
Job Requirements
Education
- Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
Experience
- 2 years in a healthcare setting oncology experience required.
License/Certifications
- Certified Master Social Worker (CMSW) or Master Social Worker (MSW) required.
- Oncology Social Work Certification (OSWC) preferred.
- Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP) certification preferred.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Knowledge of ontological diseases and their treatments psychosocial implications for individuals and families and appropriate interventions and resources.
Physical Requirements
Weight Demands
- Light Work Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.
Physical Activity
- Not necessary for the position 0:
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Kneeling
- Occasionally Performed 133:
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Crouching
- Distinguish colors
- Grasping
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Walking
- Frequently Performed 3466:
- Keyboarding/typing
- Reaching
- Repetitive Motions
- Sitting
- Speaking/talking
- Constantly Performed 67100:
- Hearing
- Seeing/Visual
Job Hazards
- Not Related:
- Chemical agents (Toxic Corrosive Flammable Latex)
- Physical hazards (noise temperature lighting wet floors outdoors sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha Beta and Gamma (particles such as Xray Cat Scan Gamma Knife etc)
- Radiation NonIonizing (Ultraviolet visible light infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Rare 133:
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
About Methodist:
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa more than 30 clinic locations a nursing and allied health college and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891 service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance health education outreach to our diverse communities and populations and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other classification protected by Federal state or local law.
Employment Type
Part-Time
