Hospital Social Work Care Manager | 8am-4pm, Full-Time

McLaren Health Care; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time schedule

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

McLaren Health Care seeks a Social Work Care Manager (Bachelor of Social Work) to assess and intervene with patients and families to improve health outcomes and alleviate psychosocial barriers affecting care and discharge planning.

Responsibilities include early barrier assessment, coordination with multidisciplinary teams, linkage to community resources, and documentation in the EMR. Preferred: MSW and 3+ years hospital experience.

Qualifications

• Required: Clinical Licensed Bachelor’s Social Worker.
• Preferred: Clinical Licensed Master’s Social Worker.
• Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment on assigned patients, focusing on complex psychosocial or financial issues and discharge planning.
• Identifies and assesses barriers early in the patient’s stay, coordinating with patient, family, healthcare team, payers and community resources.
• Assesses patient/family needs for support and connects with community services and agencies.
• Assesses risk of readmission and initiates interventions to improve transitions of care.
• Participates in family care conferences and interdisciplinary rounds; provides counsel to patients, families, and staff.
• Uses knowledge of insurance benefits to optimize resource utilization and documents in the EMR.

Education

Bachelor’s Social Worker

Master’s Social Worker

Job description

McLaren Health Care seeks a Social Work Care Manager (Bachelor of Social Work) to assess and intervene with patients and families to improve health outcomes and alleviate psychosocial barriers affecting care and discharge planning.

Responsibilities include early barrier assessment, coordination with multidisciplinary teams, linkage to community resources, and documentation in the EMR. Preferred: MSW and 3+ years hospital experience.