PS Social Worker

The University of Utah • Salt Lake, UT

10d

About The Position

Responsible for the coordination of supportive services and patient care in a fast paced multidisciplinary clinical setting. Provides HIV related medical case management aimed at enhancing patient-centered care in coordination with physician and mid-level providers. Assesses and educates patients and medical providers regarding benefits available to patients through third-party payers and resulting eligible services. Provides assessment, intervention, and stabilization of the patient’s medical and psychosocial care needs via a thorough assessment of needs and a comprehensive service plan. Provides advocacy, support and empowerment to clients as they navigate systems needed to support their ability to maintain access to HIV treatment and wrap around services.

Requirements

• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The eCredential is to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• One of the following Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.) certificate for clinical practice in the State of Utah.
• Current license to practice as a Certified Social Worker in the State of Utah.
• This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements.
• We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy.
• Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Responsibilities

• Conducts assessment of patients’ psychosocial and medical care needs in order to identify patients who are suitable for case management intervention based on criteria such as case complexity and prognosis.
• Develops individual treatment plans through collaboration with patient, medical providers, and community services with objective of creating stability and removing barriers to ongoing medical care.
• Provides information and referrals for community resources to patients including but not limited to housing, transportation, financial assistance, food, clothing, legal, mental health, and substance abuse treatment.
• Assesses and discusses funding and insurance issues with patient, family, and healthcare providers to enhance cost-effective utilization of services and quality of care as well as negotiating with third-party payers to obtain authorization for services.
• Monitors quality of care, and provides advocacy to patients in order to ensure patient treatment plan goals are appropriate and that they are understood and implemented. Routinely assesses patient and family response to services, while also measuring treatment plan effectiveness and necessity. Also identifies patient needs, including those of an ethical and cultural nature and ensures they are addressed.
• Provides timely documentation in database and patients’ medical record including interactions, interventions, and community resource contacts and communicates encounters to physicians and mid-level providers.
• Regularly attends meetings with clinical and community care teams for consultation and coordination of treatment planning needs.
• Manages care for a specific caseload of clients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees