Social Worker - Care Management

Company: Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Location: Beaumont
Posted on: August 1, 2022

Job Description:

We are looking to add top talent to our Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas team.

Join us in performing Sacred Work!

Competitive benefits are offered including:

Matched Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefit Plan - Medical, Dental, Vision and Much More!

Bonus Potential

Summary/Objective

The Social Worker-Case Manager is accountable for a designated patient caseload, while supporting the physicians and interdisciplinary team in facilitating patient care, with the underlying objective of enhancing the quality of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction; as well as, managing the cost of care and providing timely and accurate information to payers.

Essential Job Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Proactively screens all cases on assigned caseload to identify cases at risk, using approved screening tool, for adverse health consequences post-discharge without adequate discharge planning while following established reporting procedures.

2. Actively monitors and documents information pertinent to care coordination and the progress of patients on assigned caseload; proactively intervening and ensuring tasks are completed accurately, and in a timely manner to promote communication and prevent delays in treatment and discharge of patients.

3. Communicates all elements critical to the plan of care, including the expected date of discharge to the patient/family and members of the healthcare team; as well as, referring cases with complex issues or barriers to discharge to the Case Management Director or for peer review as appropriate.

4. Collaborates and communicates with multidisciplinary team in all phases of discharge planning process, including initial patient assessment, planning, implementation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and teaching and ongoing evaluation. Ensures/maintains plan consensus from patient/family, physician and payor.

5. Initiates the implementation of the discharge plan prior to discharge to avoid delays in discharge and/ or avoidable readmissions to the hospital; evaluating post discharge needs on assigned cases and develops a discharge plan in collaboration with the patient and support person(s) based on needs indicated by evaluation.

6. Delivers regulatory notices including the Important Message, HINNs, and Observation Notice within the timeframe designated to appropriate patients on assigned caseload.

Required Education and Experience

. Bachelor's degree in Social Work

1-3 years of related experience.

Required License/Certifications

Licensed Social Worker in State of Texas

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