Social Worker

Social Worker (full-time) in the Benton Harbor, MI area.

Employer type: Dialysis.

What the work involves:

• Participates in care planning in collaboration with the patient and healthcare team to identify effective interventions that will help the patient meet rehabilitation, treatment goals, and improve quality of life.
• Provide monitoring and interventions for the patient to adjust to dialysis and achieve optimal psychosocial status and quality of life
• Provide supportive counseling services to patients as permitted within the scope of their clinical training and state license
• Provides educational and goal directed counseling to patients who are seeking transplant.
• Provides information and assists the team and patient with referral to community resources (home health services, vocational rehabilitation, etc.) to facilitate optimal treatment outcomes.
• In collaboration with the physician and nurse, participates in the discussion of patient DNR status in the facility to ensure patient and/or family understand and make an informed decision about their care.

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