Community and Social Services, Consulting, Federal Laws and Regulations, Health Plan, Home Care, Hospice Care, Medical Records, Palliative Care, Patient Assessment, Patient Safety, Quality Management, Regulations, Social Work, State Laws and Regulations
Job Summary:
The Hospice/Home-Based Palliative Care Medical Social Worker provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide social services to patients in the hospice, home-based palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to primarily assist patients/families in coping with the social/emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patients end of life care, goals, and needs. This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective skilled, psychosocial care as part of a hospice/home-based palliative care interdisciplinary team.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provides social work services consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patients physician. Activities include assessment of social and emotional factors related to the patients illnesses, financial and community resources and patient safety.
- Develops and implements an individualized care plan, utilizing department and community resources in a cost effective manner.
- Actively participates in multidisciplinary care planning to facilitate coordination of care.
- Assures personal competency through maintaining working knowledge of current social work practice, available community services, member benefits and resources and regulatory standards.
- Utilizes Kaiser Permanente Continuing Care Services departmental and community resources in a cost-effective manner. Consults with other interdisciplinary team members and shares work social expertise and perspective.
- Actively participates in quality management and quality improvement activities within the department including, but not limited to, clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review and continuous quality improvement projects.
- Performs other duties as requested.
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Kaiser Permanente
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Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach.
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10,000 employees or more
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