LICSW Outpatient Hospice Admissions

Park Nicollet is looking to hire a Licensed Social Worker (LISW or LICSW) to join our Outpatient Hospice team! Come join us as a Partner for Good and help us make an impact on the care and experience that our patients and their families receive every day.

Position Summary:

1. Provides supportive services to help meet the patient/family social emotional economic and environment needs in relation to the impact of a chronic acute or terminal illness though education support/counseling and referrals/coordination of community resources.
2. Completes timely visits to meet patient/family needs and ensure program compliance.
3. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to provide whole person care addressing bio-psycho-social needs of patients and family.
4. Provide patients/families with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic acute or terminal illness through education support/counseling and referrals for community resources.

This role will focus on admissions with visit help as needed.

Work Schedule: 3 days/week 8am-4:30pm M-F. Occasional weekends.

Required Qualifications:

• Education Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Masters degree in social work
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Must have Minnesota (MN) Social Work license upon start date:
    • MN must have one of the following:
      • Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or
      • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
  • Must have vehicle drivers license and current auto insurance. Must meet all criteria required under Park Nicollets Automobile Liability Guidelines
• Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
  • Strong psychosocial assessment skills and implementation of interventions based on Social Work assessment.

General Roles

• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience and comfort providing services in the community including patient homes.
• Knowledge of reimbursement procedures as well as knowledge of community resources.
• Ability to function effectively on an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form within the interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to independently carry out directions and follow medical orders for services.
• Computer experience including documentation in an electronic medical record.
• Comfort or experience working within serious illness or end of life.
• Ability to adapt to a flexible and changing schedule to meet patient needs.
• Willing to participate in a rotating schedule including weekends.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Masters degree in social work
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • MN licensure at the LICSW level.
• Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
  • Previous Hospice experience
  • Advance Care Planning experience
  • Experience with facilitation of goals of care conversations.

Benefits:

Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance dental insurance a retirement program time away from work insurance options tuition reimbursement an employee assistance program onsite clinic and much more!