Description

　　Position Highlights:

　　Compensation: Simplified pay model – Pay Per Visit!

　　Service Territory: Sandusky

　　Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

　　Work/life: Flexible schedule that you create with an unlimited earning potential! Set the schedule that works for you and your family.

　　Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, mileage reimbursement and more.

　　About Firelands Health – Home Health:

　　Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

　　Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

　　Our Home Health Department serves Sandusky and the surrounding areas. We believe that a healthy, growing organization, where team members have true opportunities to thrive, leads to healthier outcomes for our patients and employees. We're building a company culture that embraces the values of respect, accountability, communication, teamwork, integrity, positive attitude, continuous improvement and employee appreciation.

　　What you will do:

　　Assesses the psychosocial status of patients related to the patient's illness and environment.

　　Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings.

　　Maintains clinical records on all patients referred to social work.

　　Provides information and referral services for the organization to patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.

　　Serves as liaison between patients or families/caregivers and community agencies.

　　Participates in the development of the total plan of care and case conferences as required.

　　Assists physician and other team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems.

　　Participates in discharge planning.

　　Other duties as delegated by the Director.

　　Maintains collaborative relationships with Organization agency personnel to support patient care.

　　Maintains and develops contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patient and agency personnel.

　　Provides information to patients or families/caregivers and community agencies.

　　Participate in department performance improvement activities as assigned and attends required training.

　　Demonstrates service excellence and ACE.

　　What you will need:

　　Graduate of a license program in social work or related field accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and achieved an LSW status.

　　A minimum of one year's experience in health care.

　　Experience in a home health care, preferred.

　　Has good oral and written communication skills; and has good organizational skills.

　　Possesses and maintains current CPR certification.

　　Must possess a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and be insurable under Firelands' auto policy. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.

　　Punctual attendance at assigned work location is required.

　　Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner and maintains an accident free work place, including ability to demonstrates a working knowledge of Medical Center emergency codes.

　　Ability to comply with OSHA regulations and CDC standard and transmission-based precaution recommendations and to utilize proper personal protective equipment.

　　Ability to comply with provisions of applicable S.D.S. forms.

　　Successful completion of the ninety (90) day probationary period.

　　Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

　　The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)