Medical Social Worker

6 days ago

Singapore beBeePalliative Full time $96,000 - $128,000

Palliative Care Specialist

  • Detailed Job Summary:

We are seeking a compassionate Palliative Care Specialist to join our interdisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication skills, empathy, and the ability to work collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.

  • Responsibilities:
  • Facilitate socio-economic evaluations to address practical concerns for patients and their families, ensuring they receive optimal end-of-life care.
  • Provide individualized counseling sessions through face-to-face interactions or home visitations to navigate personal, ethical, cultural, and spiritual dilemmas.
  • Cultivate partnerships with local organizations to support patients in achieving their end-of-life goals.
  • Empower family involvement, encourage visits, and prepare patients/families for the end-of-life stage, including life closure and the dying process.
  • Offer bereavement education and support to help families cope with loss and grief.
  • Participate in Interdisciplinary Patient Care Conferences to discuss comprehensive patient management plans.
  • Advise patients and their families on financial and discharge care planning.
  • Engage in fieldwork, visiting patients in hospital wards and social agencies, to alleviate or resolve medico-social problems.
  • Prepare reports for management and relevant institutions/agencies.
  • Present cases for discussion and actively engage in departmental or inter-departmental meetings to share, review, and clarify complex issues.
  • Maintain continuous networking with MSW, Counselors, staff nurses, nursing officers, and medical staff/authorities of other organizations.
  • Take on additional workload or difficult cases when required.
  • Orientate and train new staff/interns on their duties.
  • Participate in in-service education programs and ensure the transfer of learning.
  • Present at Journal club the works and development in palliative and end-of-life care settings.
  • Document all social interventions within the expected timeframe set by the department.

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