Master Social Worker - MSW
Core
Provides psychosocial services, counseling, and care planning to dialysis patients (in-center and home) and their families to improve quality of life and treatment adherence.
Role type
Master Social Worker (Clinical IC)
Builds
Patient care plans, psychosocial support interventions, and community resource referrals for dialysis patients.
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology / Dialysis
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, care planning, supportive counseling, transplant education, advance directive facilitation, DNR discussion, community resource referral, insurance navigation, staff training on psychosocial topics
Preferred skills
Knowledge of vocational rehabilitation programs, experience with FKC patient education programs
Technologies
FKC patient education programs, quality of life measurement instruments
Responsibilities
Assess patients' psychosocial status and strengths; participate in care planning to identify effective interventions; provide supportive counseling and goal-directed counseling for transplant seekers; facilitate transplant referral and waitlist management; assist with advance directives and DNR status discussions; collaborate with insurance coordinators on payment and coverage issues; provide staff training on psychosocial topics; participate in quality review meetings to report on adherence indicators.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC