Social Worker

• Provides psychosocial services to in-center and home dialysis patients, as applicable
• Assesses patients’ psychosocial status, strengths, and needs affecting rehabilitation and treatment outcomes
• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning and develops effective interventions
• Provides counseling, psychosocial support, patient education, and social work interventions
• Supports patients adjusting to dialysis and pursuing transplantation
• Refers patients to community, vocational, educational, home health, and financial resources
• Assesses and supports advance directive and DNR discussions
• Documents patient and family interactions and interventions
• Participates in quality review meetings and reports adherence and quality-of-life indicators
• Facilitates transplant referrals and collaborates on transplant waitlist management
• Reviews patient rights, responsibilities, grievance procedures, and facility policies
• Supports patient admission, scheduling, continuity of care, and discharge-request investigations
• Liaises with Insurance Coordinators regarding insurance, payment, benefits, and coverage changes
• Refers billing questions to the patient billing solutions department
• Assists with personnel interviews and hiring decisions when requested
• Maintains patient resource lists and trains staff on psychosocial topics
• Participates in weekly team huddles and discusses urgent patient issues
• Adheres to caseload guidelines and performs other assigned duties

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