Renal Social Worker- Alpharetta, GA (Irregular Hours)
Company: Renviva Management Services, LLC
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: February 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Function:
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To help the patient and his/her family understand Chronic Kidney
Disease (CKD) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and renal
replacement therapy, to counsel with the patient and family in
working out their acceptance of the patient's medical problem and
methods of modifying ways for more satisfying relationships, to
provide a psychosocial summary to aid in the preparation of the
interdisciplinary patient plan of care, to act as a resource person
and liaison with community agencies, to provide casework and group
work services to assist the patient and family, to evaluate the
patient's optimum rehabilitation potential, to provide education
regarding psychosocial problems of renal disease to members of the
health care team and the public.
The Renal Social Worker is responsible for assisting and supporting
the facility's management team in achieving quality, patient
satisfaction, business management, teamwork, culture, and employee
satisfaction results.
He/she is also responsible for understanding, supporting,
interpreting and implementing the philosophy and policies of the
facility.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
1. Assists the patient and family in understanding, accepting, and
adapting to lifestyle changes associated with CKD and ESRD and
renal replacement therapy by providing counseling and
information.
2. Develops and maintains a professionally therapeutic relationship
with the patient and family.
3. Orients the patient and family with other team members, the
treatment facility,
and the services provided there. Introduces the members of the
patient care team and explains their functions.
4. Provides a psychosocial summary to obtain the patient and family
history to determine strengths, weaknesses, and coping patterns;
identify problem areas; and identify feelings about transplantation
and possible transplant donors; and identify rehabilitation
potential.
5. Explores and develops family and community resources; maintains
working relationship with various professionals, agencies, and
volunteer organizations. Assists with applications for services and
follow-up referrals.
6. Provides ongoing casework and group work services for patient
and family.
7. Assists in team review of patient care plans, providing
continuous input of psychosocial data. Assures that patient
routinely has direct input into his care/treatment plan/plan of
care.
8. Assists in transplant evaluation and work-up.
9. Assists in home training evaluation, work-up, and follow-up.
10. Assists with the patient whose transplant failed to accept and
returns to dialysis treatment.
11. Provides: a. In-service training for patient care staff. b.
Education program(s) regarding CKD, ESRD and renal replacement
therapy for members of the community.
12. Provides supervision for facility's primary nurse staff,
dietitian, etc., in the area of patient's psychosocial
problems.
13. Maintains records to provide social service statistics for
reports and authorized
research. Prepares appropriate correspondence to agencies,
treatment facilities, doctors, patients, etc.
14. Provides for self-development activities such as the reading of
appropriate
medical and social work literature, attendance at conferences and
training programs.
15. Attends and participates in the facility's patient care
planning meetings. Takes a leadership role in the education and
implementation of Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI)
processes.
16. Participates in and supports development of and execution of
unit budgets.
MACHINES, EQUIPMENT, AND WORK AIDS:
Telephone, automotive vehicle, computer skills with word, excel,
and other appropriate software.
WORK TRAITS:
Aptitudes:
1. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in
writing.
2. Ability to convey directions in an easily understood manner.
3. Ability to express ideas effectively to supervisors, physicians,
peers, and other clinic employees.
4. Ability to listen and respond in an understanding manner with
staff members.
Temperaments:
1. Ability to relate to people in a manner which instills
confidence and establishes support.
2. Flexibility to adjust to changing conditions and demands of the
job.
3. Ability to remain calm, interpret problems and conditions as
presented, and to provide solutions under stress.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. Moderately active work; walking and standing for considerable
lengths of time.
2. Talking and listening to communicate ideas or requirements to
individual staff members.
3. Visual acuity to prepare and read written material
accurately.
4. Audio acuity to listen attentively and accurately.
NOTE: Reasonable accommodation will be made as necessary if an
individual cannot meet the above requirements.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Social Worker who--
(1) Holds a master's degree in social work with a specialization in
clinical practice from a school of social work accredited by the
Council on Social Work Education; or
(2) Has served at least 2 years as a social worker, 1 year of which
was in a dialysis unit or transplantation program prior to
September 1, 1976, and has established a consultative relationship
with a social worker who qualifies under - 494.140 (d)(l).
2. References indicating candidate's reliability, good work habits,
emotional maturity, and ability to establish and maintain effective
interpersonal relationships.
3. Knowledge of normal and abnormal human behavior and its
relationship to illness and medical treatment.
4. Ability to relate to wide variety of socio-economic and cultural
groups.
5. Ability to relate to, communicate with, and work with medical
staff.
6. Ability to work in a patient care setting and interest in
medical information in
general, as worker will be closely involved with patient's
treatment as well as care plan and must closely coordinate his/her
work with these plans and the activities of the other team
members.
7. Experience in working with terminal illness and the ability to
feel comfortable in working with life and death situations.
8. Interest and ability in supervision, administration, research,
community organization, and education of staff and others.
JOB RELATIONSHIPS:
Supervised by: Director of Nursing
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