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Medical Social Work 

Medical Social Work 

Medical Social Work

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS EXPERIENCE


Question 

Proficiency 

Frequency

National Patient Safety Goals
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Awareness of HCAHPS scores
Knowledge of Advance Directives
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Disability Management
Worker’s Compensation
Discharge planning
The Joint Commission
Universal Precautions
Cardiac Arrest/CPR/AED
Rapid Response Teams

KNOWLEDGE OF ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE


Health History, review of physical examination, review of systems
Psychosocial Assessment (social history, support systems, emotional, caregiver support, ability to deal w/loss)
Financial Assessment (income, ability to manage needs)
Emotional Assessment (response to illness, treatment, support)
Spiritual Assessment (religion, beliefs, practices and relationship to care)
Terminal Care Assessment (5 stages of grief, hospice, palliative care, crisis)
Development of problem list
Perform Initial Evaluation
Develop and revision of care plan
Assess outcome to treatment
Establish and revision of goals c

DOCUMENTATION SKILLS


Initial assessment and treatment plan
Skilled visit notes
Follow Physician orders
Documents according to POC
Documents key information to physician, supervisor and case manager
Discharge Summary

PLAN OF CARE AND COORDINATION


Follows Plan of Care
Review POC prior to care
Communicate and Coordinates with interdisciplinary team members
Knowledge of criteria for participation in Medical/State Regulations
Knowledge of skilled reimbursable visit
Effective Case Coordination
Knowledge of available community resources
Community Resource Planning
Attends case conferences as required

INFECTION CONTROL


Hand washing
Exposure plan
Utilizes Personal Protective Equipment PPE

PATIENT EDUCATION


Determine learning needs
Set goals/objectives
Develop and implement care plan
Evaluate effectiveness of teaching
Ability to revise care plan

WORK SETTING EXPERIENCE


Hospital
Hospice
Military base or Veteran Affair Clinic
Long Term Care
LTAC
Schools
Community Mental Health Agency
Correctional Facility
Private Practice
Substance Abuse Clinic
State/Local Government (Dept HHS, Child Welfare, Jobs and Family Services)

AGE-SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE


Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)
Infant (31 days to 12 months)
Toddler/Preschool (13 months to 5 years)
School Age Child/adolescent (6 years to 18 years)
Older Adults/Elderly (65+ years)

Rank each of the following sections on a scale

No experience

Little Experience

High Experience

Master

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