Onsite Medical Social Assistant — Care Coordination

University of Illinois Chicago; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition waivers

Job summary

University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) seeks a Medical Social Assistant to provide case management and care coordination under supervision. The role involves assessing consumer needs, planning treatment, and linking to eligible services while documenting in our system.

Eligible for benefits, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan, PTO, and tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a major in the social or behavioral science or related health specialty from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, completes on-going assessment of consumer needs.
• Develops a Treatment Plan and provides linkages and referrals as indicated by assessment.
• Follows up to determine referral outcomes and explores alternate resources as necessary. Maintains strict compliance with HIPAA, confidentiality and other UICOM-P and Positive Health Solutions policies and procedures.
• Identifies consumer, family, and /or environmental strengths, weaknesses, and/or dysfunction and, in consultation with supervisor and appropriate staff members, develops strategies to assist consumer in meeting goals of a mutually agreeable care plan.
• Keeps accurate consumer records according to funding source guidelines and assists supervisor in data collection to complete program reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree in social or behavioral science or related health specialty

Job description

University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) seeks a Medical Social Assistant to provide case management and care coordination under supervision. The role involves assessing consumer needs, planning treatment, and linking to eligible services while documenting in our system.

Eligible for benefits, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan, PTO, and tuition waivers for employees and dependents.