Licensed Social Worker (LSW) -Jewish Hospital

About the position

The Social Worker Care Manager is responsible for providing appropriate interventions and discharge planning services to patients and families and facilitates a smooth transition for the patient throughout the continuum of care by accessing hospital, community, and governmental resources. They also provide clinical supervision to peers, Social Workers, and students.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and prioritizes patients in need of social services, using a holistic approach inclusive of biopsychosocial, functional, cultural, spiritual, and financial factors.
• Plans with the patient, caregivers and members of the healthcare team to maximize health care responses, quality and cost-effective outcomes.
• Monitors and revises the plan as indicated when patient condition changes.
• Completes all necessary documentation and maintains clear, concise, and timely documentation in the patient record.
• Ensures patient's and caregiver's treatment goals and preferences are incorporated into the transition of care planning.
• Follows standardized practices and processes related to Advance Care Planning, Length of Stay management and readmission prevention.
• Supports denial prevention related to medical necessity through addressing/removing barriers to progression of care.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Discharge Rounds.
• Supports and promotes assertive, proactive care for patients.
• Works in collaboration with revenue cycle partners to help remove barriers to ensure patients are in the appropriate classification.
• Works in conjunction with patient access to ensure all regulatory letters are delivered to the patient in a timely manner.
• Participates in department clinical outcome projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with peers to achieve facility and department goals.
• Shares responsibilities, promoting a team-based approach to accomplish work.
• Maintains strong collaborative partnerships with other members of the care team.
• Supports and follows compliance rules and regulations as mandated by CMS and Conditions of Participation.
• Stays abreast of community resources available to facilitate safe patient transitions of care.
• Provides supervision for other social workers and students as appropriate.

Requirements

• BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
• Licensed as a Social Worker in state of practice (required, preferred in VA)
• Bachelor of Social Work (required)
• 1 year of experience in clinical setting (required)

Nice-to-haves

• Accredited Case Manager Certification (ACM) from American Case Management Association or Certified Case Manager (CCM) from Commission for Case Manager Certification (preferred)
• Master's degree in social work or healthcare related field (preferred)
• 3 years of experience in an acute care clinical setting (preferred)
• Ambulatory or post-acute care coordination experience (preferred)

Benefits

• Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
• Prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance w/AD&D
• Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance