Medical Social Worker Team Lead | Elite Home Health & Hospice | LCV area

The medical social worker team lead partners with the Director(s) of Clinical Services to ensure that all social services responsibilities are managed appropriately according to company guidelines and all applicable laws. The MSW team lead provides leadership, guidance, and support for social workers, assists in social worker staff coverage, orientation, and training of new staff, and promotes, monitors, and participates in quality improvement activities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• In collaboration with the DCS(s), promotes a work environment conducive to harmonious work relationships, high staff morale and effective team communication, and acts as a social worker role model in all activities. 
• Ensures a social worker is available during all operating hours. 
• Helps ensure policies and procedures meet all compliance standards. 
• Assists in the development and implementation of patient outcome improving programs strategies, and other work-related goals for the department and social services staff. 
• Assumes responsibility for the ongoing interdisciplinary assessment and development of the individualized plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver(s). 
• Assesses the psychosocial status of patients related to the patient’s illness and environment and communicates findings to the registered nurse. 
• Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings. 
• Provides patient, caregiver, and family counseling.  
• Providing services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care. 
• Communicates with the physician who is responsible for the home health plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current home health plan of care. 
• Assists physician and other teams members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems.  
• Prepares clinical notes on all patients referred to social work. 
• Provides information and referral services for Organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs. 
• Provides education to patients or families/caregivers and community agencies. 
• Serves as liaison between patients or families/caregivers and community agencies. 
• Maintains collaborative relationships with Organization personnel to support patient care. 
• Maintains and develops contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patient and organization personnel. 
• Participates in the development of the total plan of care and case conferences as required. 
• Participates in discharge planning. 
• Supervises, as directed, any Social Worker Assistants (SWA’s).  
• Participating in the HHA's quality assessment and performance improvement program and HHA-sponsored in-service training. 
• Other duties as delegated by the Director(s) of Clinical Services /Supervisor. 

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job.  The employee may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.