Job Summary:

The Hospice/Home-Based Palliative Care Medical Social Worker provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide social services to patients in the hospice, home-based palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to primarily assist patients/families in coping with the social/emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patients end of life care, goals, and needs. This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective skilled, psychosocial care as part of a hospice/home-based palliative care interdisciplinary team.

Essential Responsibilities:



+ Provides social work services consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patients physician. Activities include assessment of social and emotional factors related to...