Social Worker LMSW Lead-Hospice/Palliative - Outpatient

Company: Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: April 14, 2025

Job Description:

Social Worker LMSW Lead-Hospice/Palliative - Outpatient at Presbyterian Healthcare Services summary: As a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) lead in an outpatient hospice setting, you will oversee clinical, educational, and quality initiatives while serving as a subject matter expert in hospice care. Responsibilities include mentorship of staff, integration of Epic tools for improved documentation, and collaboration with nursing managers to enhance performance outcomes. This full-time role emphasizes interprofessional teamwork, patient safety, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in social work. Overview: Are you an experienced Licensed Master Social Worker who is passionate about hospice and palliative care? The Outpatient Hospice deparment is seeking an experience LMSW who will serve as subject matter expert for Hospice program. In this role you will assist leadership with clinical, quality, educational and strategic initiatives. Supports, patient safety and clinical practice standardization. Assists with inter-professional collaboration and communication. Supports optimal utilization of the Epic system both hyperspace and remote client, and other technologies to improve documentation and care planning. Helps implement specific clinical practice guidelines, serves as preceptor, mentor and advisor to staff, providers and leadership. Supports statewide initiatives as appropriate.
Type of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 1.0
Work Schedule: Days - Sign on and relocation bonuses - available for qualified candidates . - How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Shift differentials for nights and weekends
• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the -
• EPIC electronic charting system - Interested in learning more?: Text 505.388.0350 or schedule directly with me by clicking here ! - Responsibilities: Integrates Epic tools and systems in daily practice to document and communicate within social worker team - Provides coaching in the moment at the point of care for social workers - Represents social workers as subject matter expert for the implementation of new technology and equipment. - Fosters positive attitudes and demonstrates leadership as a team player. - Models interprofessional collaboration - Follows and models clinical practice supporting patient safety initiatives. - Apply evidence-based practice knowledge/critical thinking ability and expertise in the social work setting with patients. - Effective in mentoring social workers to follow the changes in documentation and practice. - Models best practices and follows department practice, policy, procedure and/or guidelines for patient care. - Supports deployment of educational programs to support implementation of upgrades relating to Epic, policy, or practice changes - Effective in mentoring staff to follow the changes in documentation and practice - Collaboration with nursing managers to review quality and performance driven outcomes, to ensure that the use of current evidence-based outcomes, to ensure that the use of current based practice is implemented - Proactively identifies performance gaps and collaborates with the nursing managers first, then teams and individuals to share performance data and plan for improvement - Provides feedback to peers regarding documentation and evidence-based practice standards to achieve quality and performance goals in collaboration with department leadership. - Completes supervisory visits with all social workers twice a year with a summary of visit discussion with department leadership. - Attend monthly QAPI meetings - Provides supervision meetings with BSW and those working on higher level certification - Weekly 1:1 meeting with nursing manager for planning and providing updates on projects - Develop the agenda and oversee the social worker meeting monthly for case reviews - Attend monthly meetings to support department leadership with agenda development and note taking during meetings. - Models CARES Commitments and the Presbyterian Promise Other duties as assigned. Qualifications:
  • - Master Degree in Social Work LMSW
  • Licensed Master Social Worker in the State of New Mexico - Benefits: We're all about well-being, starting with yours. Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more. - - Presbyterian is committed to an -environment where everyone is valued and empowered for success. We believe that our environment should reflect the diversity of our community. About Presbyterian Healthcare Services Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and nearly 3,500 nurses. Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans. - AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses. #CC123 - Maximum Offer for this position is up to: USD $41.39/Hr. Compensation Disclaimer: The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.
    Keywords: Licensed Master Social Worker, hospice care, palliative care, client documentation, interprofessional collaboration, Epic system, patient safety, evidence-based practice, mentorship, healthcare leadership

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