Social Worker

• Provide psychosocial services to in-center and home dialysis patients
• Assess patients’ psychosocial status, strengths, and areas of need
• Participate in care planning with patients and the healthcare team
• Provide supportive, educational, and goal-directed counseling
• Support patients adjusting to dialysis and achieving optimal psychosocial status and quality of life
• Refer patients to community, vocational, educational, home health, and financial resources
• Assess advance directives and support informed care decisions
• Participate in discussions of patient DNR status
• Document social work interactions and interventions
• Provide psychosocial support for non-adherence, quality outcomes, and quality-of-life concerns
• Participate in monthly quality review meetings and report quality indicators
• Educate patients and families about kidney disease, ESRD, treatment modalities, rights, responsibilities, and support services
• Facilitate transplant referrals and collaborate on transplant waitlist management
• Support patient admission, continuity of care, scheduling, and discharge-request assessment
• Liaise with Insurance Coordinators regarding insurance, payment, coverage changes, and financial assistance
• Refer patients to the patient billing solutions department
• Assist with personnel interviews and hiring decisions when requested
• Maintain patient resource lists
• Train staff on psychosocial topics as needed
• Participate in weekly team huddles and discuss urgent patient issues
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Social Worker jobs in Oregon

Master Social Worker, MSW