Care Coordinator (LMSW) - Preventative Medicine Team

Hartford Healthcare•Norwich, CT

About The Position

Care Management is a collaborative practice model including patients, nurses, social workers, physicians, healthcare team members, caregivers and the community. The Care Management process encompasses communication and facilitates care along a continuum through effective resource coordination. The goals of the Care Management Team include the achievement of optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources balanced with the patient’s right to self-determination. Incumbents of this position are professional Licensed Masters in Social Workers that utilize their education, experience, medical social work skills and the Social Work Process to determine and facilitate the most appropriate level of care and identification of discharge needs.

Requirements

Masters in Social Work from an accredited school of Social Work
Minimum of 3 years of Medical Social Work experience
Licensed Masters in Social Work in the State of CT (LMSW)
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects form initiation to completion within prescribed schedules and utilization of resources.
Ability to effectively utilize a variety of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Epic software, Morrissey and Web based programs required.
Skilled in Motivational Interviewing
Ability and willingness to follow the mission and values of Backus Hospital on a daily basis

Nice To Haves

Acute Care experience preferred
Case Management certification ACM or CCM strongly preferred
Bi-lingual - Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

Delivers services that provides a better experience for the patient and stakeholders including but inclusive the family, physician, others as appropriate while maintaining patient confidentiality
Demonstrates compassion and sensitivity to the age and cultural specific to the patient, their needs for comfort, privacy and generalized care
Promotes and contributes, in a positive manner, to inter- and intra-departmental relationships to ensure all needs of the patient are met.
Determine and facilitate the most appropriate level of care and identification of discharge needs.