Social Worker Case Manager - Inpatient Behavioral Health
About The Position
Inova Fairfax Hospital Behavioral Health is seeking a Social Worker Case Manager 1 to join the Case Management Behavioral Therapy Programs Team. This full-time, day-shift role works Monday through Friday. The Social Worker Case Manager evaluates patients’ ability to progress through the continuum of care and collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary care team to support timely and appropriate patient management. The role requires working knowledge of utilization management, managed care, and payer issues. The position provides discharge planning and continuity of care for assigned patients in acute and post-acute settings, drawing on knowledge of pre- and post-acute resources. It coordinates services and serves as a key liaison among patients, families, and interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social Work.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in clinical care or clinical case management.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association, required upon start.
Nice To Haves
- One year of previous inpatient (hospital) behavioral health case management experience and case management discharge planning.
- Previous experience working with all age groups, from adolescents to geriatric patients.
- Previous experience supporting multiple units.
Responsibilities
- Participate in assessment of patients’ biopsychosocial needs through review of patient information and contact with patients, families, and interdisciplinary care team members.
- Communicate routinely about care-plan status, progress toward treatment goals, concerns, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.
- Ensure available options for successful transitions and critical care-plan elements are communicated and documented to support continuity of care.
- Refer cases and issues appropriately to resolve barriers to care progression and advocate for patients facing those barriers.
- Assess patients’ and families’ psychosocial risk factors, including prior functional levels, adequacy of support systems, reactions to illness, and ability to cope.
- Intervene with patients and families regarding the emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness or disability.
- Provide counseling and interventions related to treatment and end-of-life decisions, and support patient and family empowerment, autonomy, and access to healthcare services.
- Provide discharge planning and continuity of care for assigned patients in acute and post-acute settings.
- Initiate and facilitate referrals to clinics, home healthcare, hospice, skilled nursing facilities, acute rehabilitation, LTAC, TCM, and medical equipment and supplies as indicated.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team, patients, and families to assess and coordinate discharge needs, arrange post-discharge services, and transition patients to discharge settings and ongoing community care.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Team member wellness program.
- Inova matches the first 5% of eligible retirement contributions, starting on the first day.
- Education assistance of up to $5,250 per year.
- Student loan assistance of up to $10,000.
- Up to 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person, per year, at no cost, for team members, spouses or partners, and children.
- Paid time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Professional development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
