CASE MANAGER SOCIAL WORK I
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: UNM Hospitals is currently interviewing CASE MANAGER SOCIAL WORK I right now, this career will be presented in New Mexico. Detailed specification about this career opportunity please read the description below. Manage the medically related social and emotional needs of patients and their families as needs impinge on patient medical conditions, treatment, recovery and safe transition fr! om one level of care to another. Coordinate care with physicians, nursing staff, case managers and allied health professionals ensuring that patient outcomes are achieved within established timeframes and with maximum efficiency in resource utilization. Conduct high-risk screening, initial and ongoing psychosocial assessments. Ensure continuity of care through case management and discharge planning, providing social work interventions to expedite timely discharges, monitoring patient outcomes, and analyzing variances. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.
Accountability:
PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home
Addendum - LIVING DONOR ADVOCATE - Promote, protect, represent, and advocate for the rights of potential living kidney donors througho! ut all phases of the transplant process
IDENTIFICATIO! N - Identify appropriate patients within designated specialty area requiring patient case management interventions by utilizing established procedures including census review, risk screens, and referral
Addendum - LIVING DONOR ADVOCATE - Respect donor's decision and ensure that decision is voluntary, informed and free of coercion
CASE MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE PLANNING - Provide case management and discharge planning services in a timely and cost-effective manner to include patient assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation
Addendum - LIVING DONOR ADVOCATE - Maintain confidentiality and ensure donor has an understanding of the "Opt-Out" process
ASSESSMENT - Complete psychosocial assessment of identified patients whose medical status, recovery, or timely discharge may be impeded by inadequate social, environmental, or economic conditions, by inadequate funding sources, and/or by impaired emotional or cogni! tive status including decisional incapacity
Addendum - LIVING DONOR ADVOCATE - Assist the living donor in obtaining and understanding information regarding the following: evaluation and consent process, surgical procedure, risk and benefit of donation, financial aspects of living donation, options available to the recipient other than live donor kidney transplantation, short and long term consequences of kidney donation and the need for long term follow up post donation
ASSESSMENT - Assess patient level of functioning, including developmental, physical, environmental, cognitive, behavioral, psychological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual factors
PATIENT ASSISTANCE - Provide assistance to facilitate patient recovery, discharge and/or management of an acute, chronic or terminal illness or condition; assistance may include education, community referrals, advocacy, and mediation with patients and families to assist in adjustment to changes in ! health status and functioning expediting timely discharge to an appropr! iate level of care
OUTCOMES - Identify patients with a history of medical non-compliance, high resource utilization and poor outcomes; monitor patient outcomes, re-evaluate plans of care to accommodate changes in treatment or progress
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES - Assist in resolution of identified barriers and develop alternative goals and objectives with patients and family members
DOCUMENTATION - Document assessment data, patient problems, interventions taken to achieve outcomes and evaluation of patient progress toward targeted outcomes
LIAISON - Serve as UNMHSC liaison to state protection agencies for all reports and/or concerns of patient abuse, neglect or exploitation
LEGAL COORDINATION - Coordinate with UNMHSC Office of Legal Counsel regarding matters involving treatment guardianship and/or other legal issues
COMMUNICATION - Use effective communication strategies with patients, families, physicians, nurses, allied profe! ssionals and others to achieve desired patient outcomes and patient satisfaction
CARE COORDINATION - Coordinate multidisciplinary care planning, including patient care conferences as appropriate to facilitate resolution of treatment decisions and timely discharge planning
RELATIONS - Develop and maintain positive relationships with community agencies and third party payor sources
EDUCATION - Contribute to education of physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and students
RESOURCE - Acts as resource to professional colleagues; provide staff training, development and consultation as appropriate
DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to pa! tient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through! questioning of current policies and processes
PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
Education Requirements:
Master's Degree in related discipline
Experience Requirements:
2 years directly related experience
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in State of New Mexico or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LPC) in State of New Mexico or National Commission Health Education Credential (CHEC)
Experience Requirements - Preferred:
Bilingual E! nglish/Spanish
Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
Physical Demands Requirements:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements - Preferred:
Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in State of New Mexico
Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in State of New Mexico
Professional licensure as appropriate to the clinical objectives of the un! it:
Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in State of New Mex! ico
Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in State of New Mexico
Testing Requirements:
Tuberculin Skin Test required annually
Working Conditions Requirements:
No or min hazard, physical risk, office environ
May be required to work rotate shifts, holidays and weekends
May be required or is required to perform on-call duties
May be required to travel to various work sites
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This career starts available on: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:46:50 GMT
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