LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager

MedStar Health; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 62,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health is seeking an LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager to join our Case Management Team in the Baltimore area. The role focuses on coordinating plans of care, discharge planning, and ensuring patient-centered outcomes during acute hospitalization.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, document activities thoroughly, and facilitate referrals to community resources to support transition from hospital to home or other care settings. CCM certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work.
• Valid Social Worker license in the District of Columbia or Maryland depending on work location.
• Experience in social work in a hospital setting preferred.
• Experience in care/case management preferred.
• CCM - Certified Case Manager preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to develop and coordinate the plan of care, including long- and short-term goals with timelines and family involvement.
• Communicates with direct caregivers and case management triad regarding discharge planning, LOS, and payor concerns; initiates timely referrals.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of case management activities and coordinates discharge plans with physicians, caregivers, and families.
• Develops and maintains information on community resources; facilitates transitions and referrals based on patient population needs.
• Organizes workloads, provides clinical assessment and disposition for behavioral health concerns or illness.

Education

Master's degree in social work

Social Worker license (DC or MD)

CCM - Certified Case Manager

Job description

About the Job

Job Summary:

MedStar Health islooking anLMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager to join our team! The ideal candidate will show professional competency as a general practitioner of Occupational Therapy, independent use of varied evaluation and treatment approaches, and excellent verbal and oral communication skills.

As an LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager, you will serve as a member of the Case Management Team. Facilitates the delivery of quality, cost effective, patient-centered care from pre-admission through post-discharge. Ensures the care is designed to meet individualized patient outcomes. Monitors the care and services delivered to selected patient populations during the acute hospital stay, promotes effective case management and utilization of resources, and works to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes.

Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!

Primary Duties:

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to develop and coordinate the plan of care.Demonstrates the ability to develop a plan of care that addresses needs across the continuum; develop long- andshort-termgoals with specific time frames for resolution; identify specific services to be provided in the care plan; include the family/care-giverin the plan of care; and show life planning contingencies such as power of attorney and/or advance directives. Collaborates with and completes referrals toappropriate communityagencies forassistancebased on patientneeds. Initiates referralsin a timely manner.Usesresponses to helppatientsresume life in the community and/or adjust to lifestyle changes.

• Communicates daily with direct caregivers and case managementtriadregardingpatient and family responses to plan of care, identification of problems, discharge planning, and payor concerns such as LOS.Identifiesdelays in care and quality/risk issues and communicates information to appropriate individuals and departments.Completes psychosocial history or socioeconomic assessment asdeterminedby healthcare team or high-risk indicators. Coordinates the completion of requisite forms by doctors, patients,andfamilies for any servicesrequired.

• Maintainsaccurateandtimelydocumentation of case management activities toensurethat physicians and caregivers are well informedregardingthe discharge plans. Adheres to all policies and proceduresregardingdocumentation and confidentiality of information. Demonstrates knowledge of the dynamics of abuse/neglect, including identification and reporting laws.Coordinatesinvestigating law enforcement, protection agencies, hospital security, risk management, and healthcareteams. Demonstrates knowledge of community resources servinghighsocial risk populations.

• Develops andmaintainsinformation on community resources and referral requirements based on patient population asidentifiedin theunitscope of practice.Facilitates communication between the patient and family and the healthcare team. Assesses and communicates the patient's social, cultural, emotional, and economic problems to medical staff and other healthcare providers as needed. Effectively intervenes with patient/family in resolving emotional/behavioral obstacles topatient'sprogress, recovery, and disposition. Initiates andparticipatesin multidisciplinary discharge planning rounds and collaborates with internal and external health care providers,patients,andfamiliesto develop comprehensive discharge plans.

• Maintains professional growth in managed care, care management, other health care, financial trends, clinical practice, and research.Organizes individualworkloadsand setsappropriate prioritiesbased onthe patient'smedical plan,the patient'sneeds,policy,and procedures.Provides clinical assessment, evaluation, and disposition of persons presenting with behavioral health concerns or illness.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in social workfrom a school accredited by the Council on Social Work.

• Valid Social Worker license in the District of Columbia or Maryland depending on work location.

• Experienceinsocial work in a hospital setting preferred.

• Experiencein care/case management preferred.

• CCM - Certified Case Manager preferred.

This position has a hiring range of

USD $61,838.00 - USD $111,259.00 /Yr.