The Oncology Social Worker (OSW) provides direct psychosocial services to patients, families, and their significant others facing the many challenges of living with a diagnosis of cancer and its treatment. OSW provides continuity, collaboration and coordination of care through the ambulatory setting.

Description:

• Assists patients and families to adjust to illness and lifestyle changesrelated to diagnosis, illness and treatment.
• Participates in screening for Distress through appropriate tools and provides timely interventions to address psychosocial distress.
• Completes psychosocial assessment and works with the patient and family members to develop a plan for intervention based on mutually agreed upon goals to maximize functioning through treatment and recovery.
• Provide for or arrange for individual, family and group counseling and other appropriate interventions to alleviate distress and enhance functioning.
• Identifies and utilizes resources to assist patient to adjust to changes in function, maximize independence and functioning.
• Assists in patient care planning to ensure patient has resources to meet the psychosocial, emotional and practical needs of a cancer illness.
• Evaluates the ongoing medical and psychosocial needs for home care
• planning in order to set up appropriate community services.
• Evaluates the current treatment plan, available social service programs and formulates a pertinent psychosocial care plan that will provide maximum benefit for each patient.
• Assists patient/family in the procurement of essential equipment to allow
• optimum and safe function at home.
• Assists patient/family in the decision making process leading to the
• selection of and placement in an appropriate long term care facility if appropriate.
• Facilitates discussion of end of life issues and provides resources and education to patient and family to allow for informed decision making and reduced distress\
• Provides information and referral for continuing care and crisis
• intervention.
• Provides education to the patient, family and team regarding specialized cancer related community resources and programming related to the individual needs of the patient.
• Refers voluntary community based services to management such as community food pantries, charitable financial support organizations, as appropriate to enhance coping and provide for immediate patient and family needs.
• Functions as advocate for patients as they interact with appropriate community agencies.
• Evaluates the appropriateness of community services as possible and develop integrated plans to meet patient needs.
• Works cooperatively with co-workers and communicates effectively with
• departmental staff; other departmental personnel and health care
• facilities; physicians, patients and visitors.
• Acts in accordance with departmental policy and procedure.
• Functions within the professional National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics. Follows the Associate of Oncology Social Work Standards of Practice.
• Is available to all clinical areas in the Oncology Department for Social Work services as needed and assigned.
• Documents all OSW interactions with team, patient and family in the Electronic Medical Record for appropriate team communication, collaboration and continuity of care.
• Maintains monthly statistical data.
• Observes all safety, infection and environmental control procedures.
• Functions in such a way as to meet departmental quality assurance and process improvement programming.
• Attends and actively participates in meetings and serves on committees as
• requested.
• As assigned, participates in Tumor Conferences, Cancer Committee meetings and other Oncology related on-site meetings.
• Performs other work related duties as requested/directed.

Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) and State licensure (L.I.C.S.W.)
• Minimum of two years Clinical Social Work in a health care setting
• Experience with Oncology patients preferred
• OSW0C Credential preferred

Schedule Details:
32 hrs per week, Rot. days, 8a-4p, 7a-3p as needed. No weekends, Occ. Holidays. Role includes working in both Hyannis and Falmouth locations.
Organization: Cape Cod Hospital
Primary Location: Massachusetts-Hyannis
Department: CCH-CCH ONCOLOGY SUPPOR

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