Medical Social Worker

Job Detail

Our Medical Social Workers collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of stakeholders to regularly review individual residents' medical, nursing, therapy, and social aspects as part of delivering person-centric care. They will be involved in the means-testing review, and provide fair payment proposals, financial application assistance, and any appropriate assistance based on the social & economic status of the family and/or resident. Admissions -Provide financial counseling upon admission -Co-ordinate an assessment on site of the patient to assess nursing/rehab status/behavioral and any social concerns Case Conference -Review social aspects inward with regards to activity participation, visitors and befriending, financial consideration status, etc. -Provide therapy/nursing/medical/social recommendations and support family and resident to complete home discharge or other care options -Review supporting documents for referral to other care options and seek financial assistance for home equipping as recommended by the therapist where required -Provide counseling to patients with psychosocial issues -Facilitate family conferences for discussion on financial considerations, if necessary -Work with the Nursing team to review care for residents and understand their social situation Financial Assistance Schemes -Work with resident or next-of-kin on financial considerations (e.g. Government Means Test subsidy) -Review cases and facilitate meetings for Medifund cases -Apply for financial assistance (e.g. Means Test, Medifund, IDAPE, ELDERSHIELD, MFEC) Reports -Update residents’ profile and movement in database -Review next-of-kin details and update residents’ social report -Review residents accounts receivable status report Supervision/Development of team members -Manage and supervise team members in case management team -Guide on the professional development of team members