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Mohawk Valley Health System lists this Discharge Planner - Case Management - Regular Hours - Days opportunity in utica, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Discharge Planner - Case Management - Regular Hours - Days
Under the direction of the Director of Case Management, the Discharge Planner is responsible for establishing an appropriate discharge plan for patients in the acute care hospital setting. Core Job Responsibilities include performing psychosocial assessments to determine the patient's discharge planning needs, participating in progression rounds to report anticipated discharge planning barriers, acting as an advocate for patients and families to ensure that they are aware of resources available to them in the community, collaborating with the CM/Patient Type Status Nurses to ensure that the patients are in the correct level of care, establishing an appropriate discharge plan and arranging services to meet the needs of the patient, ensuring that there is clear documentation of the patient's anticipated discharge planning needs and a final note to ensure that all patient needs are met, identifying if the patient has a Health Care Proxy (HCP) and if not, offering assistance in helping them identify a HCP, identifying a Care giver and informing them of discharge planning arrangements, ensuring that arrangements are made for patient to have primary care follow up appointments or establishing them with primary care, and performing other duties as required.
Education/Experience Requirements: Required: Bachelor's Degree in related field. Preferred: 2-3 years experience in all aspects of social service and discharge planning.
Licensure/Certification Requirements: Disclaimer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Job Details Req Id 99016 Department CASE MGMT Shift Days Shift Hours Worked 7.50 FTE 0.75 Work Schedule CWA-UFCSM - 8 HR Employee Status A2 - Regular 60 Hours Union 2005 - CWA Pay Range $28 - $41 per hour
Nearest Major Market: Utica
Worksite address
utica, NY, 13502, US
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