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Palliative Care Social Worker, LCSW

Name Northside Hospital Forsyth
Location US-GA-Cumming
Category
Care Coordination
Job Locations
US-GA-Cumming
Position Type
Full - Time
ID
2023-53658
Postal Code
30041
Address
1200 Northside Forsyth Drive
Shift
Day
Work Hours
8a-5:00p

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

The Palliative Care Social Worker (PCSW) Provides intensive psychosocial therapeutic support services to palliative care patients and families to help meet social, emotional and financial needs related to the impact of a chronic or terminal illness, grief, and loss.

Qualifications

1. Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW
2. Advanced Certified Hospice & Palliative Social Worker ACHP-SW certification or ability to take exam within 24 months of being hired.
3. Basic Life Support BLS through the American Heart Association
 
Preferred:
 
1. Minimum of two 2 years working in a direct clinical therapeutic capacity
2. Minimum of two 2 years working with life-threating conditions, chronic disease, palliative care and or hospice, end-of-life care, and related situations
3. Knowledgeable of a full range of specialized and expert clinical social work counseling services for patients families receiving palliative care
4. Able to provide crisis intervention, short-term and family therapy; Offers information and referral and or tangible assistance
5. Organizational and prioritization skills while determining severity of patient condition and prognosis
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
7. Basic computer skills
8. Medical social worker experience

Work Hours:

8a-5:00p

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