Clinical Social Worker -Msw - Lake Worth/Greenacres/Riviera Beach

Have you thought about Trustbridge?

Since 1978, Hospice of Palm Beach County, Hospice of Broward County and Hospice by the Sea have cared for 200,000 families in South Florida. These three hospices are now one branch of Trustbridge, a community nonprofit that provides support for families facing serious illness 24 hours a day. Our other services include palliative medicine, caregiver support and bereavement programs.

At Trustbridge, we consider our employees our greatest resource. Our appreciation is shown in many ways, including the wide range of comprehensive benefits we offer.

Trustbridge benefits include

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous PTO package
• Flexible Spending Account
• Competitive salary
• 401K with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program

Hours of operation 830am - 5pm with weekend requirement

Job Summary

• May supervise interns and unlicensed social workers.
• The Master's level Social Worker is responsible for assessment and intervention with the patient and family within his or her scope of practice as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Performs duties that include assessment, intervention, care planning, outcome evaluation, documentation and collaboration/communication with the Interdisciplinary Team to assist patients and families with their goals and assist the team in the delivery of hospice care to the patient and family.

• Education/Regulatory Requirements
• Works effectively and with flexibility as part of a team
• Professional Requirements
• Graduate with a Master’s degree from an approved college or university accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Skills
• One year experience as a MSW or Hospice experience preferred.

10191 Use Your Nursing Skills To Make a Difference.
Hospice nurses provide end of life care to help ensure the comfort and quality of life for their patients. They primarily work in collaborative, team-driven environments that require frequent communication with their patients, families and other caregivers. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, patient and calm. Hospice nurses are caring and kind individuals who possess a special hospice heart who can help our patients celebrate the rest of their life’s journey.
Hours of operation Saturday or Sunday 7am - 730pm
Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides quality professional telephonic intervention to patients based on the Plan of Treatment with regard to the physical, emotional and psychological needs of the patient, within Scope of Practice.
• Collaborates with departments and staff across the organization to provide excellent services to the patient.
• Promptly and efficiently responds to patient related calls.

• Professional Requirements
• Understanding of and ability to apply characteristics of Hospice nursing, case management and crisis intervention.
• Proficient typing skills and office software applications is highly desirable.
• Two years in home care, oncology nursing, medical/surgical nursing, geriatric nursing or Hospice nursing.
• Maintains effective and timely communication with the supervisor and/or team members via telephone, pagers, voicemail, e-mail and other identified means.
• Strong and effective telephone communication, teaching and thanatology and needs assessment skills.
• Able to work effectively with lay and professional volunteers.
• Hospice Certification preferred.
• Possesses extensive knowledge of professional Nursing principles, practices, and procedures necessary to assess the needs of patients.
• Education/Regulatory Requirements
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Skills
• BSN preferred.
• Florida licensed Registered Nurse.
• RN degree from a college or university, accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing and/or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
• EMR software experience a plus.
• Current Basic Life Support Certification.
• Language Skills