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Social Worker
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Community |
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Hospice |
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| Category |
Professional |
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| Primary Duties |
Assists patients and their families in understanding illness and disabilities. Helps them resolve personal, financial and environmental difficulties which interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from care. Assists patients/families in developing and achieving a plan of care to obtain maximum benefits.
Provides social work services in accordance with social work assessment and diagnoses. Contacts and interviews patients and families to assess and evaluate patient’s social, psychological and environmental situations.
-Conducts complex discharge planning for patients by directing patients/family members to appropriate community agencies and resources. Provide emotional support to patient and family and act as an advocate for the patient.
-Participates as an active member of health care team by timely verbal and written input of the discharge plan.
-Maintain knowledge of current community resources as related to needs of the patient. Able to maintain a positive, on-going relationship with such resources.
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| Date of Listing |
1/17/2013 |
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| Position Type |
Full time - 40 hrs a wk |
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| Schedule |
Rotate with on call |
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| Minimum Qualifications |
BS required MS preferred. Hospice experience also preferred |
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| Apply Online |
Submit your resume to Holy Name Medical Center |
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  "Once you go down there you get hooked" says Dr. David Butler. Dr. Butler is a 20 year volunteer of Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Haiti, doctor of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ, and President of The Crudem Foundation. |
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