Social Worker (SW) Palliative Care

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

 

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules

- Retirement savings with employer match

- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs

- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

The best career is right here.


St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Social Worker for the Palliative Care unit located within the Edgewood, Kentucky location.


Shift & Hours: 1st shift; Full-time, 40 hours weekly.

Job Description:

The best career is right here.

Provides psychosocial assessments, assists in care planning in coordination with the members of the Palliative Care team, Hospital Staff and Physicians. Provides counseling services to patients/families. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

MSW from accredited school by the Council on Social Work Education. Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Certified Social Worker willing to participate in active supervision toward achieving LCSW.

Specialized Knowledge: 

Knowledge of Palliative Care and the psychosocial issues of terminally ill patients and their families. Excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate care well with an interdisciplinary team. Knowledge of Emotional and Mental Disorders and the DSM V diagnoses applicable to palliative care.

Kind and Length of Experience: 

2 years of social work experience in a medical setting.

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.