Dialysis Social Worker
Core
Provides psychosocial services, counseling, and care planning to in-center and home dialysis patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Renal Disease to improve quality of life and treatment adherence.
Role type
Clinical social worker (dialysis)
Builds
Patient rehabilitation plans, transplant waitlist management, and psychosocial support interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, care planning, supportive counseling, transplant education, advance directive facilitation, DNR discussion, community resource referral, vocational rehabilitation support, insurance navigation, staff training on psychosocial topics
Preferred skills
Knowledge of social work theory, experience with FKC patient education programs, familiarity with QAI activities
Technologies
MSW documentation systems, QAI measurement instruments
Responsibilities
Assess patients' psychosocial status and strengths; participate in care planning to identify effective interventions; provide supportive counseling and goal-directed education for transplant seekers; facilitate referrals to community resources including vocational rehabilitation; assist with advance directives and DNR status discussions; collaborate on quality reviews and report on adherence indicators; educate patients and staff on psychosocial issues related to ESRD
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC