Social Worker II-Care Management Acute

Kettering Health; Kettering (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering Health Main Campus in Kettering, OH is seeking a Social Worker to join the care coordination team on a full-time day shift. You will lead and support the care team, help identify barriers to discharge, and collaboratively plan post-acute and backup care strategies.

Responsibilities include coordinating services for high-risk patients, providing advocacy and information to patients and families, supporting transitions of care, and contributing to data collection and program evaluation

Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work or related field required.
• Current Ohio Social Work license required.
• Clinical experience in health care setting.
• Awareness of developmental needs over the age span of infant to elder required.
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary and independent settings and communicate well (verbal and written).
• Ability to coordinate work effectively with other hospital disciplines.
• Ability to recognize and understand the dynamics of individuals from diverse populations.
• Ability to solve problems through the analysis of information.

Responsibilities

• Assist the care team by providing leadership in supporting and facilitating coordinated care delivery to patients.
• Proactively identify and eliminate barriers to discharge.
• Collaborating with the care team to ensure planning for appropriate post-acute care plan and back-up plan.
• Coordinate services for all patients assigned prioritizing moderate and high risk patients with serious, complex or chronic health problems or with psychosocial issues.
• Provide advocacy, information and referral services to patients and families to address their psychosocial needs.
• Assist all patients through the healthcare system by acting as a patient advocate and navigator.
• Promote clear communication with the care coordination team and caregivers, ensuring awareness regarding patient care coordination plan related to transitions of care.
• Participate on a team for data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, and programmatic evaluation related to organization goals for length of stay, readmissions and patient experience.

Education

Master of Social Work

Ohio Social Work license

Clinical experience in health care setting

Developmental needs across age span (infant to elder)

Communication (verbal and written)

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Discipline coordination across hospital

Diversity awareness

Analytical problem solving

Job description

Job Details

Kettering Health Main Campus
Kettering
Full-time
Days

Responsibilities & Requirements

Responsibilities

• Assist the care team by providing leadership in supporting and facilitating coordinated care delivery to patients
• Proactively identify and eliminate barriers to discharge
• Collaborating with the care team to ensure planning for appropriate post-acute care plan and back-up plan.

Specific job functions will vary based on assigned area but would include items such as:

• Coordinate services for all patients assigned prioritizing moderate and high risk patients with serious, complex or chronic health problems or with psychosocial issues.
• Provide advocacy, information and referral services to patients and families to address their psychosocial needs.
• Assists all patients through the healthcare system by acting as a patient advocate and navigator.
• Promotes clear communication with the care coordination team and caregivers, ensuring awareness regarding patient care coordination plan related to transitions of care.
• Participates on a team for data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, and programmatic evaluation related to organization goals for length of stay, readmissions and patient experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Job Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work or related field required
• Current Ohio Social Work license required.
• Clinical experience in health care setting
• Awareness of developmental needs over the age span of infant to elder required.
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary and independent settings and communicate well (verbal and written)
• Ability to coordinate work effectively with other hospital disciplines.
• Ability to recognize and understand the dynamics of individuals from diverse populations.
• Ability to solve problems through the analysis of information.

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Our commitment to our patients is to help individuals be their best. With that context, safety is our top priority. We provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.