About this opportunity
Aya Healthcare lists this Case Worker opportunity in albuquerque, New Mexico. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Case Manager Social Worker
Manage the medically related social and emotional needs of patients and their families as needs impinge on patient medical conditions, treatment, recovery, and safe transition from one level of care to another. Coordinate care with physicians, nursing staff, case managers, and allied health professionals ensuring that patient outcomes are achieved within established timeframes and with maximum efficiency in resource utilization. Conduct high-risk screening, initial and ongoing psychosocial assessments. Ensure continuity of care through case management and discharge planning, providing social work interventions to expedite timely discharges, monitoring patient outcomes, and analyzing variances. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric age groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
Patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols
Professional growth and development through participation in educational programs
Proactive approach to patient safety by questioning current policies and processes
Identify and report/correct environmental conditions that may put a patient at undue risk
Identify appropriate patients requiring case management interventions
Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors, and/or near misses
Complete psychosocial assessments of identified patients
Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care
Provide case management and discharge planning services
Assess patient level of functioning
Identify patients with a history of medical non-compliance, high resource utilization, and poor outcomes
Document assessment data, patient problems, interventions, and evaluation of patient progress
Serve as UNMHSC liaison to state protection agencies for all reports and/or concerns of patient abuse, neglect, or exploitation
Coordinate with UNMHSC Office of Legal Counsel regarding matters involving treatment, guardianship, and/or other legal issues
Coordinate multidisciplinary care planning including patient care conferences
Develop and maintain positive relationships with community agencies and third party payor sources
Contribute to education of physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and students
Acts as resource to professional colleagues, provide staff training development, and consultation as appropriate
Assist in resolution of identified barriers and develop alternative goals and objectives with patients and family members
Use effective communication strategies with patients, families, physicians, nurses, allied professionals, and others to achieve desired patient outcomes and patient satisfaction
Provide assistance to facilitate patient recovery, discharge, and/or management of an acute, chronic, or terminal illness or condition
Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable
Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Related Discipline
NM LMSW or LPC or LCSW
No minimum experience required
Physical Conditions: Sedentary Work
Working conditions:
No or min hazard physical risk office environment
May be required to travel to various work sites
May be required or is required to perform on-call duties
May work rotating shifts, holidays, and weekends
Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required
Worksite address
albuquerque, NM, 87101, US
Who can apply
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