AICCP Palliative Care MSW II, Grade 10 Job in Oakland, California Us

The primary role of the Hospital AICCP Medical Social Worker is to assist patients/ families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues related to the patient's illness. Under direction of the Social Work Manager/LCSW, delivers age-appropriate social work care to patients/caregivers in accordance w/ agency policy, procedure state federal regulations. The AICCP Medical Social Worker is an integral member of the healthcare team to meet the complex needs of patients families in the hospital clinic settings.

Essential Functions:
Hospital/Clinic:
- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings
- Provide counseling for disease acceptance understanding
- Responsible for developing implementing individual Plan of Treatment for patients and families
- Completes psychosocial assessments
- Team with other disciplines in assessing, planning providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.
- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services.
- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare Medi-Cal benefits.
AICCP:
- Assists the client to achieve a better psychosocial adaptation within the context of the AICCP.
- Helps to reduce fear attitudes obstructing acceptance of disease of treatment.
- Refers client's family to community support services resources.
- Supports psychotherapeutic family systems interventions as needed.
- Charts client's treatments progress in accordance with state/department regulations.
- Instructs counsels clients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and medications within scope of practice.
- Provides advanced care planning including education on the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST).

Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Hospital/Clinic:
- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
- Step I: Less than two (2) years' social work experience (M.S.W. field work not included).
- Step II: Two (2) to four (4) years of social work experience within the last five (5) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).
- Step III: Four (4) or more years of social work experience within the last ten (10) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).
- At least one (1) year post MSW experience in a health care setting preferred- MSW internship may be considered in lieu of this requirement.
- Clinical Social Worker license (LCSW) required.
- BLS (required for Hospice/Home Health.)
AICCP:
- All minimum requirements of Hospital/Clinic
- Minimum of one years post licensure experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic modalities in a hospital, clinic or agency.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.
- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.
- Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.

Additional Duties for Hospital/Clinic:
- Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary team.
- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills.
- Knowledge of chronic and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family functioning.
- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication skills and written documentation.
- Must be computer-literate and, preferably, experienced in automated clinical information systems.
- Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.
- Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.