Social Work Fellow - Msbi

Strength Through Diversity
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Department of Palliative Care Palliative (MSBI) - Req Number: 2840492
Job Title: Social Work Fellow - MSBI
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Participates in Divisions Quality Improvement activities.
• Insures bereavement resources are provided for families and initiates referrals, when appropriate for high risk families.
• Participates in data collection.
• Facilitates communication with patient/family with regards to advance care planning.
• Contributes to assessment of pain and symptoms to foster multidimensional treatment plan.
• Documents psycho-social assessment and plan on palliative social work notes in electronic medical records.
• Performs other duties as directed by Social Work Coordinator or Chief of Service.
• Insures completion of the IDT form and contributes the psycho-social assessment and plan.
• Assists the team to facilitate patient/family meetings in clarifying goals and plan of care with attention to family dynamics.
• Attends didactic, academic and weekly administrative palliative care meetings.
• In collaboration with primary social workers, assists patients and families with community support services, post hospital plans, financial and/or insurance issues, anticipating long terms needs to enhance continuity along illness trajectory.
• Identifies and addresses ethical and legal issues related to patient and family care.
• Enhances interactions with the patient and the bereaved family by encouraging communication of clinical concerns and enriching end-of-life experience that support and inform post death legacy.
• Participates in daily palliative care rounds.
• Assesses risk and intervenes clinically to identify potential for complicated grief and explores anticipatory bereavement related to possible death and multiple aspects of loss and adaptation along the continuum of illness.
• Provides psychosocial assessment and interventions to patient/family in collaboration with palliative consultation and primary teams.
• Prepares family for end of life, emotionally, cognitively and with practical tasks and needs.

Requirements:
Education Required
Masters of Social Work
Licenses / Certification
Permit required. LMSW to be obtained within the year.
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.
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Who We Are
Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.
EOE including Veterans and Disabled
Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $59,885.00 - $89,843.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.