TOC Social Work Case Manager

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is seeking a Social Work Case Manager (SWCM) to apply professional clinical social work skills in discharge planning, psychosocial and counseling support, and population-based care coordination across hospital teams and external partners.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medical staff, case managers, nursing and payors, leadership in addressing high-risk cases and social determinants of health, and ensuring quality, efficient patient care and

Qualifications

• MSW from CSWE-accredited university.
• Minimum five years in acute care hospital or related healthcare, or three years in acute care hospital case management.
• Active ACM-SW or A-SWCM certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and support systems for discharge planning and psychosocial needs.
• Develop plans for effective management of identified needs.
• Collaborate with medical staff, case managers, nursing, and payors to optimize care and cost.
• Lead in identifying patients with catastrophic needs and social determinants of health.

Skills

Clinical social work

Discharge planning

Leadership

Communication

Education

MSW - CSWE accredited

Job description

Department

Disease Specific Programs

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 five (5) years of acute care hospital or other related healthcare experience; OR Minimum of three (3) years of acute care hospital case management experience.
• Require active Accredited Case Management Certification (ACM-SW, A-SWCM).

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Required License and Certs

LCSW: Lic Clinical Social Worker

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/