Care Coordinator, Social Worker

Northside Hospital Inc.; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Northside Hospital Inc. seeks a Care Coordinator to determine appropriate care settings and hospital utilization, coordinating discharge planning and ongoing post-hospital care planning.

The role requires an MSW or health-related bachelor’s degree, with preferred experience in case management and utilization review. On-site schedule is 8:00AM-4:30PM, with no weekend or on-call requirements.

Qualifications

• MSW or health-related bachelor’s degree required.
• Preferred: 3+ years in case management/social services; 1 year in utilization review; CCM certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess setting of care and hospitalization appropriateness; coordinate discharge planning and utilization review.
• Provide psychosocial assessment and crisis intervention as needed.
• Support effective clinical resource management and post-hospital care planning.

Skills

Case management

Social services

Education

MSW or health-related bachelor's

Tools

Utilization review

Job description

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

The Care Coordinator will be responsible for working with neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, families, medical staff and community agencies to determine the appropriate setting of care and appropriateness of hospitalization, as well as to assess post hospital care needs. Provides the necessary interventions in order to assure effective and efficient clinical resource management. Provides intervention regarding adjustment to hospitalization, crisis intervention and psychosocial assessment. Will be actively involved in Discharge Planning and Utilization Review in a progressive acute care setting.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Masters of Social Work (MSW) OR Bachelor’s degree in health-related field.

PREFERRED

• Three (3) years of experience in case management, social services or related field.
• One (1) year of experience in utilization review.
• Certified Case Manager.

Work Hours

8:00AM-4:30PM

Weekend Requirements

No

On-Call Requirements

No