Social Work Case Manager II

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System; Venice (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Social Work Case Manager at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System provides discharge planning, psychosocial support, and care coordination for patients, working with medical staff and case managers to optimize outcomes and cost of care.

Requires an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program and experience in acute care settings; preferred ACM-SW/A-SWCM certification and strong communication, prioritization, and collaboration skills to support patients and families.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited university.
• Minimum of three years of acute care hospital or related healthcare experience; or two years in acute care hospital case management.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and support systems for discharge planning and psychosocial needs.
• Collaborate with Medical Staff, Clinical Case Managers, Nursing, and payors to optimize care and cost.

Skills

Acute care experience

Discharge planning

ACM-SW certification

A-SWCM certification

Strong communication

Education

MSW - CSWE accredited program

Job description

Job Summary

The Social Work Case Manger (SWCM) utilizes professional clinical social work skills to assess patients and support systems for discharge planning, psychosocial and counseling support needs; establishes plans for effective management of the identified needs (episodic and population-based). Assessment, planning, intervention and reassessment are performed in a collaborative environment, in which the SWCM works closely with Medical Staff, Clinical Case Managers, Nursing, Allied Health disciplines, hospital business/financial services, agencies across the continuum (internal and external) and payors. In addition, the SWCM assumes a leadership role in the identification and management of patients with catastrophic needs, social determinants of health and expands collaboration with other service providers within the hospital and community exemplifying proactive, patient-oriented clinical practice that optimizes quality of care, utilization, effective cost and patient experience.

Job Description

Department

Integrated Case Management

Job Summary

The Social Work Case Manger (SWCM) utilizes professional clinical social work skills to assess patients and support systems for discharge planning, psychosocial and counseling support needs; establishes plans for effective management of the identified needs (episodic and population-based). Assessment, planning, intervention and reassessment are performed in a collaborative environment, in which the SWCM works closely with Medical Staff, Clinical Case Managers, Nursing, Allied Health disciplines, hospital business/financial services, agencies across the continuum (internal and external) and payors. In addition, the SWCM assumes a leadership role in the identification and management of patients with catastrophic needs, social determinants of health and expands collaboration with other service providers within the hospital and community exemplifying proactive, patient-oriented clinical practice that optimizes quality of care, utilization, effective cost and patient experience.

Required Qualifications

• Require a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited university.
• Require a minimum of three (3) years of acute care hospital or other related healthcare experience; OR a minimum of two (2) years of acute care hospital case management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer active Case Management Certification (ACM-SW, A-SWCM).
• Prefer demonstrated ability to manage high risk situations, multiple tasks and adjust priorities according to patient needs and department/hospital needs.
• Prefer solid clinical social work assessment, critical thinking, problem-solving, interviewing, decision-making, negotiation, conflict management and organizational skills.
• Prefer strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written work, and when on-call to respond to issues, patient needs.
• Prefer strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with leaders, staff, patients, families, healthcare team, payers and external agencies.

Employment Screening Requirements

As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/