Hospice Social Worker

Can you be a real, true friend? Is it your nature to be open, listen deeply, know your heart, respond genuinely, and care as only a real friend cares? If so, we want to meet you.

Dover Hospice, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of adults facing terminal illnesses, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a Hospice Social Worker  at our New Start-Up St. Louis location.

When you join Dover Hospice, you become part of a team that is not only dedicated to their patients, but to each other as well. Here, you will make a difference each and every day as you work alongside a supportive team.

As a Hospice Social Worker,  you will impact the lives of our patients by –

• Provide Medical Social Services to the patient and / or family according to the Plan of Care under the direction of a physician.
• Conducting a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive assessment per agency policy. This includes emotional, social, financial, and environmental resources and to identify appropriate psychosocial problems, interventions, and goals for the patient’s plan of care.
• Participate in IDG meetings and the development of the patient’s plan of care
• Observe, record and report changes on the patient’s emotional and social factors that are being affected by the patient’s illness and his / her need for care and his / her response to treatment
• Maintain and submit written clinical records
• Evaluate the patients and family’s response to and effectiveness of the medical social work intervention
• Participate in IDG and QAPI meetings and activities
• Participate in discharge planning, as needed.
• Assess patient’s / family members’ ability to cope with the patient’s dying
• Function as consultant to the members of the health team, assists them in understanding the social, emotional and environmental factors related to the patient’s health problems
• Help patients to utilize the resources to their families and the community

To become a Dover Hospice Social Worker,  you will need –

When considering a career with Dover Hospice , please understand that –

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.