Social Worker Transplant Days Full Time

Profile

Social Worker, Transplant, Days, Full Time','Full-time','Professional Clinical/Allied Health','1','1','80','80','Occasional','Occasional','KENTUCKY-LOUISVILLE-JEWISH HOSPITAL','','!*!The
Transplant Social Worker for Jewish Hospital Transplant Center has
accountability for  conducting complex
psychosocial evaluations of potential recipients and donors, providing formal
recommendations to program specific transplant selection committees, attending
outpatient clinics, monitoring and documenting patient adherence, leading
educational classes and support groups, counseling patients, assisting with
complex discharge plans and providing 24/7 emergent transplant assessments. 

Primary Accountabilities /
Responsibilities

1.      Clinical
Skills

 

Conducts psychosocial evaluations of potential
recipients and living donors to identify barriers to candidacy for
transplant/LVAD or donation, ensure lack of coercion and address psychosocial
risks per UNOS/OPTN and CMS guidelines. Provides formal recommendation to
the program specific transplant selection committees as to whether the
patient is appropriate for transplant, LVAD or donation.

 b.      Provides 24/7 emergent psychosocial assessments as needed.  

 c.       Counsels patients related to chronic illness,
transplantation or donation.

 d.      Monitors and documents patient adherence with compliance
contracts, and also pre-transplant drug, alcohol and nicotine screening.

 
e.      
Monitors and documents patient
adherence with compliance contracts, and also pre-transplant drug, alcohol and
nicotine screening.  

 f.       If patient referred by the team to attend Intensive Alcohol
Program or is mandated to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, the
social worker will follow up with the program where patient attends to
determine compliance.  The social worker
will denote name of treatment program, counselor at program and phone number in
the transplant database, VELOS.

 g.      Will assist patients in accessing community resources as
indicated both pre and post transplantation.

h.     
Provide education about advance
directives and assist as needed with completion of those documents.  

Attends multidisciplinary team rounds, and sees
in-house patients in consultation as requested by transplant team.  

j.       
Assists with completion and
appropriateness of complex discharge plan and communicates plan of care to
team.

k.      Attends outpatient clinic as needed to obtain updates on
psychosocial status, provide crisis intervention and to facilitate referrals
for necessary services.  

l.        Is responsible for the monthly support group schedule, the
group’s purpose is to address coping with pre and post transplant issues,
caregiver topics, financial concerns and substance abuse relapse prevention.

m.    Attends
monthly program specific quality meetings as well as monthly Transplant Initiatives
and Quality meetings.

n.      Will assist with projects and quality measures that involve
psychosocial indicators and processes.

 

Skills Assessment

1.      Accountability

a.       Documents in the medical record (VELOS) according to
departmental / hospital policies and procedures and regulatory guidelines.
***Assessments should be documented in VELOS within 3 business days of
assessment***

b.      Complies with departmental standards for submission and
accuracy of reports.

c.       Complies with required standards for medical / legal
reporting situations and/or educates other professionals with responsibilities
for reporting.

 

2.      Professional
Development Activities

a.       Participates in and utilizes supervision to assess skill
level, identify areas for professional growth and establish mutually
agreed-upon goals.

b.      Identifies and maintains current knowledge base regarding
practice issues related to the population and the ages of the patients served.

c.       Attends professional transplant society meetings and
in-services.

 

3.      Program
Development / Teaching / Research

a.      
Demonstrates initiatives and
provides leadership in developing services that respond to patient care demands
and educating interdisciplinary team members on psychosocial issues affecting
patients, family and staff.

b.     
Identifies opportunities for and utilizes
continuous quality improvement.

c.      
Assists with and provides clinical
supervision to social work staff, students and volunteers.

','!*!Minimum Education

Master’s
Degree from a Council on Social Work Education accredited graduate school

 

Minimum Years in Field

5
– 7 years

 

Minimum Job Qualifications

Current Kentucky License

Master’s Degree from a Council on Social Work Education
accredited graduate school

CSW required

Transplant, Dialysis, Psychiatric experience a plus

*For those hired after November 14,
2016, KentuckyOne Health will verify education required by the position,
through primary source verification, prior to beginning employment. Education
verification will also include the collection of a high school diploma or
equivalent, transcript, or other written validation of education.



 

Skills

Word

Typing
40WPM','We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.','2017-R0132507','KentuckyOne Health','Social Worker, Transplant, Days, Full Time

Company info

Sign Up Now - HealthcareCrossing.com