Case Worker II (Hybrid) - Infectious Diseases
About The Position
This position is responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating the care of patients. Key duties include conducting comprehensive sensitive assessments with clients and their family/support network to develop a plan of care, arranging and coordinating service referrals, and providing ongoing monitoring of activities. The role also involves referring clients/families to public benefits programs, maintaining regular contact with enrolled clients, and documenting all service coordination activities. The Case Worker II educates clients/families about the basic medical and psychosocial aspects of disease to optimize adherence to care, provides proactive follow-up, and tracks symptoms and treatment responses. Adherence to all applicable state laws and department rules and regulations is required, along with staying abreast of new resources and participating in continuous training and education.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
- Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date
- Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
- Basic Life Support - American Red Cross
Nice To Haves
- Case Management
- Clinical Evaluations
- Community Resources
- Computer Literacy
- Effective Written Communication
- HIPAA Compliance
- Oral Communications
- Patient Care
- Patient Education
- Prevention Programs
- Referral Coordination
- Team Collaboration
- Team Communication
Responsibilities
- Conducts a comprehensive sensitive assessment with the client and family/support network as appropriate, in order to develop a plan of care to meet identified needs.
- Arranges and coordinates service referrals for the client/family as needed; provides ongoing monitoring of the activities implemented to carry out the plan of care.
- Refers clients/families to public benefits programs as eligible.
- Provides regular contact with enrolled clients and documents all contacts and service coordination activities in client records as required by program guidelines.
- Educates clients/families about the basic medical and psychosocial aspects of disease in order to optimize adherence to care.
- Provides proactive follow up, tracking symptoms and treatment responses.
- Adheres to all applicable state laws and the department’s rules and regulations regarding programs.
- Stays abreast of new resources, programs and developments.
- Participates in continuous training and education, including attendance at staff meeting and community meetings as assigned.
Benefits
- Up to 22 days of vacation
- 10 recognized holidays
- sick time
- Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
- free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
- WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
- Wellness challenges
- annual health screenings
- mental health resources
- mindfulness programs and courses
- employee assistance program (EAP)
- financial resources
- access to dietitians
- 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
- Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs.
- adult care
- WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
