Master Social Worker - MSW 3

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Provides psychosocial services to patients treated by the facility including in-center and home dialysis patients (if applicable) utilizing Social Work Theory of Human Behavior and accepted methods of social work practice.

Works with the health care team to promote positive adjustment, rehabilitation and improved quality of life for our patients.

In collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, informs, educates and supports staff in understanding the emotional, psychological and behavioral impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on the patient and family to ensure comprehensive quality care of our patients.

Supports the FMCNA commitment to the Quality Indicators and Outcomes and Quality Assessment and Improvement (QAI) Activities, including those related to patient satisfaction and quality of life and actively participates in process improvement activities that enhance the likelihood that patients will achieve the FMCNA Quality Goals.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Supervision Responsibilities
+ Ensures the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed is consistent with the education, training, and experience of the supervisee.
+ Monitors and evaluates the supervisee’s assessment, diagnosis, and treatment decisions and providing regular feedback.
+ Monitors and evaluates the supervisee’s ability to provide services at the site or sites where he or she is practicing and to the particular clientele being served.
+ Monitors and addresses clinical dynamics, including, but not limited to, countertransference­, intrapsychic-, interpersonal-, or trauma-related issues that may affect the supervisory or practitioner-patient relationship.
+ Ensures the supervisee’s compliance with laws and regulations governing the practice of marriage and family therapy.
+ Reviews the supervisee’s progress notes, process notes, and other patient treatment records, as deemed appropriate by the supervisor.
+ With the client’s written consent, provides direct observation or review of audio or video recordings of the supervisee’s counseling or therapy, as deemed appropriate by the supervisor.


* Patient Assessment / Care Planning / Counseling
+ As a member of the interdisciplinary team, assesses patients' psychosocial status, strengths and areas of need that may affect rehabilitation and optimal treatment outcomes as part of the comprehensive patient assessment.
+ 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.
+ Utilizes FKC patient education programs, established social work theory and methods, social work focused interventions, and quality of life measurement instruments as part of assessment and care planning to address barriers and meet patient treatment ...