Social Worker Northland Park Dialysis - 40 Hours Week
$5,000 SIGN ON BONUS
No weekends or on-call required
Address: 21000 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield MI 4807
WHO WE ARE:
Henry Ford Health dialysis facilities (Greenfield Health Systems) offer a compassionate, multi-specialty team, modern technology, clinical expertise, and the latest medical knowledge to provide renal patients the highest quality care available. We have been part of the community since 1983 and are close to celebrating almost 40 years of excellence dedicated to dialysis!
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
Northland Park Dialysis is a 32-station unit operating three shifts, six days a week handling complex patients from ages 20-90 years old. Many require assistance with mobility devices.
Operating hours for patients are 5:00 am – 8:00 pm and team members 4:45am to 8:30 pm. Employee schedules are made through several shift designs.
Patients are medically managed by several Nephrologist and Advanced Practice Practitioners (APP).
We have Registered Dietitians and Social Workers to address concrete patient needs such as transportation and dietary needs.
Unit staffing includes a Nurse Manager, a Nursing Supervisor as well as many Registered Nurses and Dialysis Clinical Technicians. We have additional support staff of Biomed Techs and Dialysis Assistants overseen by a technical leader.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Masters-prepared Social Workers to work with our renal patients and families to assist with the adjustment to what is likely a life-changing event. Provide emotional and social adjustment counseling, assistance with removing barriers to treatment, education on kidney disease and treatment goals, and bridging barriers to referral services and community resources.
- Conducts initial psychosocial interviews with patients and families in order to assess baseline level of functioning, comprehension of illness and its ramifications, and impact of individual/family history upon current and future psychosocial functioning.
- Provides ego-supportive counseling to patients and their families in order to maximize ongoing psychosocial functioning.
- Provides crisis intervention to patients and families as needed.
- Functions as a patient advocate and as a liaison between the patient and multiple care delivery systems.
- Participates in comprehensive inter-disciplinary team patient care meetings with appropriate documentation on IDT assessment and plan of care.
- Records psychosocial assessments, update assessments and progress notes in accordance with established recording guidelines.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Masters of Social Work Degree required.
- LMSW (will consider LLMSW)
- Experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Demonstrates understanding of the impact of Chronic Kidney Disease (ESKD) on activities of daily living, quality of life and mental health needs.
- Familiar with both clinical and case management techniques.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.