Medical Social Worker Homecare

At VNA Health at Home, you’ll make a difference every single day by providing direct patient care to individuals in their own home environment after their acute stay or surgery. Practice nursing independently, outside the four walls of a hospital or facility, and work with a team that values your critical thinking skills to care for the most vulnerable patients in our communities. Thrive every day through freedom, flexibility and a fast-paced, ever-changing, never-the-same-day-twice environment!

The Medical Social Work Coordinates care with other caregivers and the attending physicians to improve and/or maintain the social, emotional, functional and physical health status of the patient.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a care plan according to the physician’s plan of treatment.
• Provides crisis intervention as required.
• Assists the physician and other caregivers in understanding the significant social/emotional/economic factors influencing the patient's ability to improve medically.
• Assists in making appropriate community referrals to gain access to additional resources as needed. (i.e. applications for public assistance, housing problems, additional health care resources, transportation).
• Works with the patient’s family/caregivers to resolve problems interfering with an optimum caring relationship between the patient and family /caregiver.

• Masters degree from an accredited school approved by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Currently licensed to practice in the state of Kentucky.
• One year social work experience in a health care setting required. 
• Home care experience preferred.
• Must obtain and maintain current CPR Certification.