Oncology Social Worker - Rondebosch, South Africa - Cancercare SA

Cancercare SA

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Rondebosch, South Africa

3 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Psychosocial Support to patients of Cancercare and their families

Casework, group work, limited community intervention, administration of OSW processes as part of the multidisciplinary oncology team

Implementation of
Interpersonal Factor in all aspects of service delivery to all stakeholder's, including staff, patients and families

OSW maintains high standards in all services delivered, in line with the Cancercare Values, of CARE. Each task always needs to be consistently executed while displaying a positive influence on all stakeholders and within the general working environment. It is expected from the employee to deliver all the tasks reflecting a willingness to operate outside the scope of the job description as per operational requirements. The factors below cannot therefore be reviewed and assessed in isolation.
To display the company values: C
Compassion, A
Accountability, R
Respect, E
Ethics (CARE)
This describes the behaviour and attitude of the OSW in delivering their work within the MDT

Individual psycho social interventions with patients & families

Motivates and promotes the role of OSW in the unit to maximize utilization of the service within the MDT context of care.
Continuous evaluation of a unitspecific process for referral of new patients to OSW
Implements contact for 70% of all new patients and assessment for 70% of patients with a score of above 7 on the NCCN Distress tool
Plan and implement psychotherapeutic interventions with patients and families along the trajectory of care (diagnosis, treatment, reoccurrence, end of treatment, palliative care, survivorship)
Assess 70% of patients with a score of above 7 on the NCCN Distress tool (contact with as 70 % of total no of NP per month)
Provides and implements discharge planning as a billed service to hospitalized patients (see KPA 4)
Implement knowledge of legislative requirements, professional guidelines and osw codes of conduct
Effective multidisciplinary team referral process in place.
OSW to provide a critical assessment of client and community needs to show evidence of using the baseline information in planning client services.
100 % of patients are informed about the OSW service
Unit and OSW stats show 70% of all new patients contacted.
Notes for 100% of all appointments in daily diary, indicating intervention & planning
Plan appropriate clinical and practical interventions to address patient needs in line with the assessment outcome.
Process notes indicate the implementation of at least 3 different therapeutic models in counselling, but within the context of brief therapy (4 6 sessions max)
Unit and OSW stats show 70% of all new patients contacted.
Continued growth of the OSW private practice in line with needs of patients and families.
Documented proof of all discharge planning done
Hospital admissions for palliative patients do not exceed 3x per patient on the average
Interventions and patient interaction is of a high ethical standard

Group work and community work

Implement group work in line with identified unit & patient needs
Implement at least 2 and a maximum of 6 community outreach projects per (This includes community talks given)
OSW to provide rationale of choice of service delivery re groupwork and community work in relation to client needs.
Proof of group attendance list and evaluation forms completed by group members
Proof of community projects that OSW were involved with during the year
Community involvement should newer compromise individual psychosocial support to patients and families

Active participation in OSW private practice

Evidence of implementation of structured discharge planning for all ward patients across all units.
Only hospitalized patients will be billed (until further review)
Patients of outside oncologists seen in our units will be billed Comprehensive process notes for every billed session on EMR
All hospital patients seen by the OSW are billed (even if on a R 0 value)
Proof of HO accounts dept show OSW contribution to the year on year growth of the OSW private practice, ( in line with the needs of patients and families )
All billing to be sent to HO by the 7th of each month.

OSW to coordinate and drive unit specific Patient Centered initiatives

OSW to coordinate and drive the Patient'" centeredness initiative in each unit.
Increase focus and involvement of all occupational groups to improve patient cantered care
Involve UBM, supervisors and different committees in each unit.
Ensure completion of biannual patient centered reports to be send to head office in January and August of each year.
Provide proof of the implementation of the initiatives discussed in the report.

Administrative responsibilities

Ensure that all patient contacts, meetings, community involvement, groups work sessions, etc. are indicated in the OSW diary
All interventions to have corresponding EMR not