Home Health Medical Social Worker & Care Coordinator

Optum; Savannah (MO); On-site; USD 71,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group, through its Optum family, is seeking a Medical Social Worker to support patients and families in home-based and community settings. The role focuses on psychosocial assessment, care coordination, and collaborative planning within the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include addressing financial, social, and emotional concerns, educating families, coordinating care transitions, and identifying risks to optimize outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's and/or Doctorate degree from a school of social work, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Active licensure in Medical Social Work (LMSW) or Clinical Social Work (LCSW)
• Current CPR certification
• 1+ years of social work experience in a health care setting meets state and federal requirements for this position

Responsibilities

• Assists the patient and family with health related financial, social and emotional concerns and assists with effective coping skills
• Provides social work services in accordance with the plan of care
• Ensures that changes in the patient's clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and the care center office staff in a timely manner
• Educates the patient and family members and other team members on medical social work interventions and treatment plan
• Performs care planning, transfer and discharge functions
• Identifies risks or threats to the patient's health in the patient's environment and promptly implements appropriate interventions to reduce risks; communicates identification of risks/threats to the patient to the physician and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate care effectively
• Other duties as assigned

Education

Master's or Doctorate in Social Work

LMSW or LCSW licensure

Job description

UnitedHealth Group, through its Optum family, is seeking a Medical Social Worker to support patients and families in home-based and community settings. The role focuses on psychosocial assessment, care coordination, and collaborative planning within the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include addressing financial, social, and emotional concerns, educating families, coordinating care transitions, and identifying risks to optimize outcomes.