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Presbyterian Village North is hiring immediately for a Social Worker in Skilled Nursing Department. Plus $1,000.00 Sign-on Bonus paid in 3 installments!

Hours: Primarily M-F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, participation in MOD rotation, some weekends for special events

Wonderful environment and strong teammate relationships! Affordable medical, dental, vision benefits and paid time off. 401K is available after your 1st year. Come grow with us.

With a shared legacy in business and healthcare innovation, Forefront Living's family of care-oriented organizations blends values built on compassion and faith with high-quality senior care - long-term care, Alzheimer's and memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapies, hospice and palliative care.

These senior care services, along with the celebration of independent living at our senior lifestyle communities, combine to bring deeper meaning to every phase of life for people of all faiths, regardless of race, gender, color, religion, national origin or disability. Forefront Living is the not-for-profit, faith-based parent of Presbyterian Village North, Faith Presbyterian Hospice, and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Models a service attitude towards others, takes ownership in solving problems and takes the initiative to make things better, is friendly and courteous to residents, patients and co-workers
Identify medically related social and emotional needs of residents, through individual and group social services programming
Promote residents potential during their stay
Completes psycho-social assessment, identifies social and emotional needs of residents and then develops a care plan for each resident which identifies medically related social and emotional problems, identifies needs on discharge planning when applicable and needs for primary assigned areas
Participates in interdisciplinary care plan conferences and contributes to the development of care plans and discharge planning if applicable for residents for primary assigned areas
Designs and develops social service programs that meet medically related social and emotional needs of residents and complies with regulatory guidelines
Assesses needs for ancillary services (dental, podiatry, optometry, psychological, etc.) and assists residents in attaining needed services for primary assigned areas
Assist with interpreting and promoting Resident Rights and Resident Bill of Rights
Maintain accurate and timely documentation (initial assessment, program notes, advanced directives, MDS, mini-mental State exams, depression scale, discharge documentation, etc.) for primary assigned areas
Maintains Grievance Log, Satisfaction Surveys and Missing Items Log, for assigned units, and follow-up with residents for resolution, summarize monthly for quality assurance and report any concerns to Administrator of primary assigned areas
Attend and assist, as necessary, Resident Council Meeting once monthly and follow-up on all concerns
Provides individualized support for residents and families in times of adjustment, crisis or needs
Orients residents and families to the facility environment and provide support in adjusting
Coordinates discharge planning with teammates, residents and families for primary assigned areas
Maintains professional qualifications by obtaining required CEUs annually
Pursues professional development in social services disciplines through workshops, readings, and membership in appropriate organizations
Provides information on hospice as appropriate and assists resident/family with initiation of services for primary assigned areas
Maintain (current) Hospice census
Ensure HIPAA P&Ps are being followed and report to HIPAA officer any concerns
Attend all committee meetings
Thoroughly investigate any complaints and concerns and report them to the Administrator
Provide social service support outside primary area as needed or assigned by Administrator
Other duties as assigned by Director of Healthcare

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: