Dana Donovan Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

• Clinical
• Provide support to 140 dialysis patients.
• Complete biopsychosocial assessments with new dialysis patients, develop plan of care, administer standardized screens for depression (PHQ-9), quality of life (KDQOL), and distress (Distress Thermometer).
• Provide education on treatment modalities (in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and comfort care), transplant, and depression. Work with interdisciplinary team to provide patient education.
• Provide brief, solution-focused therapy to patients, as needed. Refer patients to outpatient mental health supports, if appropriate.
• Facilitate Plans of Care meeting with patients and interdisciplinary team. Advocate for patients to ensure patient’s needs are addressed. Review Plan of Care with patient to increase adherence and treatment outcomes..

Greater Boston Area

• Participate in daily rounds with medical team to identify patients with complex needs. Critically assess patient’s hospital course to ensure appropriate services are on-boarded. Refer patients to social work, addiction.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team (medical, physical therapy, care coordination, social work) to develop discharge plan from acute level of care. Review with patient to increase adherence and treatment outcomes..
• Complete 48-hour post-discharge follow up calls to assess transition to sub-acute or outpatient level of care. Triage concerns to appropriate team members. Complete patient needs assessment and make appropriate.
• Facilitate weekly support group for visitors of currently admitted patients to increase mutual support, empowerment, and access to resources.
• Serve as patient/family relations consultant for the Division by working collaboratively with the patient/family and care team.
• Oversee Peer Visitor Program by completing six-month post-discharge outreach to survivors to offer support and enrollment in Peer Visitor Program; on-boarding and training peer visitors; managing and providing support.

• Provide case management to clients by conducting psychosocial and strengths and needs assessments at admission, developing individualized treatment goals, facilitating systems meetings to coordinate treatment.
• Facilitate weekly family therapy by utilizing short-term solution-focused interventions to stabilize the family and develop skills to be successful post-discharge including behavior modification and safety planning.
• Update client’s treatment plans weekly to critically evaluate treatment progress.
• Complete live utilization reviews with insurance companies in a timely manner.
• Case presentations in clinical rounds with multidisciplinary team (psychiatrist, nursing, interns, and direct care staff).
• Advocate for families by working with state and community-based agencies including but not limited to Department of Mental Health, Department of Children and Families, and Department of Developmental Services.

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social Work

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology