Social Worker - Medicine Palliative

The successful applicant will be part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the care of patients and families within their specific unit, reporting to the Clinical Services Manager, with professional accountability to the Professional Leader for Social Work. The social worker will be an integral part of the Social Work professional team, participating in yearly strategic planning initiatives and corporate professional development, and will support the unclaimed decedent process in the morgue for Medicine and Palliative Care patients as required.

Accountabilities:

• Works collaboratively with internal medicine and palliative specialists, primary care physicians, nursing, allied health team and the patient/family to manage complex medical patients through psychosocial assessment, implementing a plan of care, monitoring and evaluating patient outcomes on an ongoing basis
• Providing care in a compassionate and caring manner with...