Social Work Case Manager

Sanford Health • Marshfield, WI

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About The Position

The Social Work Case Manager, in partnership with physicians, nursing, and healthcare team members, utilize professional medical social work skills to effectively provide overall care coordination with emphasis on psychosocial assessment and intervention, complex discharge planning knowledge of community resources, appropriate documentation in the medical record and networking and collaborating with other hospital disciplines and community agencies. Establishes and documents plans for effective management of the identified needs. Social Work Case Manager is accountable for intervening with patients and families, by applying critical thinking skills to monitor psychosocial status and issues that impact the clinical progression and transition/discharge plan for patients, coping and decision making. The Social Work Case Manager role also includes proactive, individualized planning for patients’ progress across the continuum that optimizes quality of care, patient satisfaction, and cost.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field.
• Must have Wisconsin Social Work Training Certificate upon hire and complete required coursework within two-year timeframe provided by the certificate, resulting in obtaining your WI State Social Work license.
• Employee may not at any time have been or be excluded from participation in any federally funded program, including Medicare and Medicaid. This is a condition of employment. Employee must immediately notify his/her manager or the Health System’s Compliance Officer if he/she is threatened with exclusion or becomes excluded from any federally funded program

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Social Work or related field.
• Experience in Community Health or hospital continuing care/discharge planning.
• Three to five years’ acute care facility preferred.
• Wisconsin Social Work Certification and/or Wisconsin State Social Work license.

Responsibilities

• overall care coordination
• psychosocial assessment and intervention
• complex discharge planning
• knowledge of community resources
• appropriate documentation in the medical record
• networking and collaborating with other hospital disciplines and community agencies
• Establishes and documents plans for effective management of the identified needs
• intervening with patients and families, by applying critical thinking skills to monitor psychosocial status and issues that impact the clinical progression and transition/discharge plan for patients, coping and decision making
• proactive, individualized planning for patients’ progress across the continuum that optimizes quality of care, patient satisfaction, and cost

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees