$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance!
MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.
Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care.
In this role, you will take on the responsibility for managing the Hospice and Palliative Care Social Workers by providing leadership and mentoring guidance to the staff on a day-to-day basis to ensure the provision of Hospice and Palliative Care services are consistent with the philosophy, goals, and policies of the program and MJHS. You will coordinate the
provision of Hospice and Palliative Care psychosocial services and ensure adequate staffing and appropriate
patient assignments. You will maintain the integration of psychosocial services as part of the Hospice and Palliative
Care program’s interdisciplinary team approach and you will function as a member of the Hospice and Palliative Care
management team and attends management meetings as directed.
- Mentors and provides leadership direction to the Social Work staff
- Social Worker Documentation Compliance
- Participates in Referral and Community Education and Presentations
- Oversees the preparation and planning of weekly team meetings
- Master's Degree in Social Work from a Graduate School of Social Work accredited by the Counsel of Social Work Education
- Minimum five years post Master's degree
- Minimum 2 years end-of-life care experience
- Minimum 2 years of supervisory/program development experience
- New York State LCSW licensure within one year of employment, R # preferred
- SIFI Certification within one year of employment
- Valid driver license preferred
