Clinical Social Worker CM

UCHealth; Highlands Ranch (CO); On-site; USD 70,334 - 105,446; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

PTO and family leave rights

Employer-sponsored disability coverage

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

Job summary

UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital in Highlands Ranch, CO, is seeking a part-time Care Manager in the HRH Care Management department to assess patients and arrange needed interventions. The role focuses on helping patients cope with social, emotional, economic, and environmental issues and developing short-term treatment plans for mental and behavioral health concerns.

The position emphasizes discharge planning, resource coordination, and collaboration with the healthcare team to ensure adherence

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work.
• State licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

Responsibilities

• Participates in case reviews to evaluate care management and progress toward goals.
• Consults with healthcare team members to promote, monitor, and evaluate compliance with patient's treatment plan.
• Assists with discharge planning and processes. Identifies resources and provides referrals as part of the discharge plan.
• Periodically administers and interprets tests and measures of psychosocial functioning for diagnosing disorders and disabilitys, implementing assessment-based treatment plans.
• Supervises and/or trains new staff, lower level social workers, students or interns.
• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking, decisive judgement and ability to work with minimal supervision.

Skills

Care management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Counseling

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

LCSW licensure

Job description

Location: UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hosp, Highlands Ranch, CO

Department: HRH Care Management

Work Schedule: Part Time, 40.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $33.82 - $50.73 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Career Ladder: UCHealth offers a structured way for you to grow your skills, responsibilities, and pay in this position. As you gain experience and expertise, you will have the opportunity to move through different levels of this career ladder.

Summary

• Assesses patients and/or patient's family, caregivers, and/or legal representatives and arranges for needed interventions. Plans interventions to help patients cope with social, emotional, economic, and environmental problems and provides short term treatment planning for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions.

Responsibilities

• Participates in case reviews to evaluate care management and progress toward goals. Consults with healthcare team members to promote, monitor, and evaluate compliance with patient's treatment plan.
• Assists with discharge planning and processes. Identifies appropriate resources, including transportation, housing, healthcare, and social/spiritual services, and provides referrals as part of the discharge plan.
• Periodically administers and interprets tests and measures of psychosocial functioning for the purpose of diagnosing mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and disabilities, implementing appropriate assessment-based treatment plan.
• Supervises and/or trains new staff, lower level social workers, students or interns.
• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work.
• State licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

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Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October during the third year of employment.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
  • Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
  • Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.
• Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

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