Master Social Worker - MSW
Core
Provides psychosocial services, counseling, and care planning to dialysis patients (in-center and home) and their families to support rehabilitation, treatment adherence, and quality of life.
Role type
Entry-level clinical social worker (dialysis)
Builds
Patient care plans and psychosocial support interventions for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology / Social Work
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, care planning, supportive counseling, patient education, resource referral, advance directive discussion, DNR status discussion, documentation
Preferred skills
Knowledge of vocational/educational rehabilitation programs, transplant waitlist management, quality indicator reporting
Technologies
FKC patient education programs, quality of life measurement instruments
Responsibilities
Assess patients' psychosocial status and strengths; Provide supportive counseling and goal-directed counseling for transplant seekers; Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team on care planning; Facilitate transplant referral and waitlist management; Assist patients with insurance and financial assistance issues; Document MSW interactions and interventions.
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC