Social Worker Lcsw

Job Description:

The Care Manager-LCSW/LMSW coordinates the care and services for patients in the acute care setting identified as needing assistance or meeting general and complex social Care Management criteria.

Scope

As a Care Manager Social Worker you need to know how to:

• Identifies patients for proactive intervention using payor models, medical, and social determinants of health risk criteria.

• Coordinates the care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria. Collects in-depth information about a patient's condition, situation and functioning to identify individual needs in order to develop a discharge plan to meet those needs. Works with patients and family/caregivers, and/or care representatives to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment. Coordinates discharge planning. Executes specific interventions to meet established goals. Organizes, integrates, and coordinates the necessary resources to accomplish the goals and plan.

• Assesses the patient's prior level of functioning, access to and/or use of community resources, psychosocial needs, and available support systems. Assists the care team in developing a plan of care which includes but is not limited to: assuring appropriateness of services and care setting, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for discharge, and identifying and connecting patients/families and/or care representatives with available community resources if needed. Collaborates with Physicians and other members of the health care team on the patient's behalf.

• Assesses and coordinates care for patients with complex social determinants of health needs and complex family dynamics. May provide crisis counseling, behavioral health, or substance abuse counseling and interventions per care site resources.

• Identifies appropriate admission and continued stay issues. Enhances the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources. Collaborates with the care team to identify strategies for appropriate reduction in service utilization. Monitors efficiency and availability of services and evaluates outcomes through variance tracking and data collection. Uses criteria to implement strategies to resolve controllable variances.

• Attends, facilitates and participates in rounds and case conferences. Advocates for patient rights.

• Identifies needs, facilitates, or provides education to physicians and ancillary departments/nursing units regarding care management, discharge planning process, and roles. Participates in multidisciplinary groups and development of guidelines.

• Collaborates with payors and outside agencies to promote a patient-centered care delivery system.

• May be required to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited program

• Colorado: Current valid LCSW license or SWC or LSW required at hire

• Two (2) years of experience as a Social Worker in a community, outpatient, or acute care setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years of social work experience is preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements:

Anticipated job posting close date:

04/03/2024

Location:

Platte Valley Hospital

Work City:

Brighton

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$32.84 - $58.35

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.