Social Work Care Manager - Uptown Midwifery Center

Uptown Community Health Center • Denver, CO

5d • $30 - $50

About The Position

At Uptown Community Health Center we improve the health of our community and provide care that respects the dignity of each person, especially those that are underserved. We teach tomorrow's physicians and healthcare professionals to provide excellent medical care with compassion and kindness. At the Uptown Midwifery Center, our Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) offer full-scope care across the lifespan-including prenatal, birth, postpartum, contraception, gynecology, and wellness care. The Care Manager of Social Work is pivotal in coordinating care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria. An intricate component of this role is collaborating with all members of the multidisciplinary team in the health center. Information is gathered via in-depth assessment that provides the healthcare team with the patient's current level of function and access to community resources and available support systems. The Care Manager uses this information to assist the care team in developing a plan of care, which includes but is not limited to self-management activities, assuring appropriateness of services, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for care transitions, and identifying and connecting patients/families with available community resources if needed. The care manager will support the multidisciplinary care team as required for patient management. Abilities that are valued in this role are motivational interviewing and strong communication skills in a team setting.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• One (1) year of Care Management experience in a primary care setting (or equivalent)
• Successful completion of Level 2 Patient Navigation skills training (Patient Navigator Training Collaborative) if applicant does not have a Bachelor's Degree.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's in social work
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker OR Licensed Professional Counselor OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
• Two (2) years experience in healthcare
• Experience with Epic application and health record
• Experience working with and sensitivity toward special populations, including those with limited income, limited education, and non-English speaking individuals.
• Bilingual English / Spanish, complete comprehension, literacy, and fluency in both languages

Responsibilities

• Identifies patients requiring care management and takes the lead as care manager for those requiring intervention, especially with socially complex cases.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development principles over the lifespan and can differentiate the required care based on the patients' current place on the life growth and development flow.
• Utilizes motivational interviewing skills to support health behavior change in patients.
• Interview patients and families to assess current strategies for self-care and available support systems to manage their health along with support, tracking, and intervening with high utilizers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED