Social Worker Case Manager

Do you have the career opportunities as a Social Worker Case Manager you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Johnston-Willis Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Social Worker (BSW) is responsible for promoting patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and providing community service coordination for identified patient populations. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, the BSW acts as a liaison between the patient and community resources/post-acute care providers. The BSW creates and facilitates the timely implementation of discharge plans and arranges post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. The BSW facilitates patient movement across the continuum of care.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Social Worker Case Manager is responsible for promoting patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and providing community service coordination for identified medical patient populations. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, the Social Worker Case Manager acts as a liaison between the patient and community resources/post-acute care providers. They create and facilitate the timely implementation of discharge plans and arranges post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. In addition, they facilitate patient movement across the continuum of care.

As a Social Worker Case Manager, you will assist our medical patients in finding the services they need for continuity of care upon leaving the hospital. Our team collaborates closely with our community partners to provide services such as home health, hospice, skilled nursing, assisted living, private care, and durable medical equipment (DME).

What you will do in this role:

• You will collaborate with the health care team and develop treatment goals and plan intervention that assist the patient and family to resolve psychosocial concerns that may arise as a result of illnesses, engagement in high risk social behaviors, limited finances and/or physical disabilities.
• As a member of Case Management team you will provides crisis and supportive counseling to enhance the patient’s and family’s problem solving and coping skills, and counsel patient/families regarding advance medical directives.
• You will document patients’ social work assessments, treatment goals, interventions, outcomes, and discharge plans.
• You will refer patients who require extended care post discharge to long-term care facilities, and once an appropriate bed is located, arrange for the patient’s transfer.
• You will identify, track, and record Alternative Care Days (ACDs), intervene to prevent or decrease ACDs as appropriate.
• You will perform admission and concurrent review for all payers and maintain legible documentation as directed by the Utilization Management Plan.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited school of social work required.
• Bachelor degree in Social Work BSW required (MSW preferred).
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred.
• 2 or more years of medical social work experience in an acute care setting preferred.
• Previous case management or utilization review experience preferred.

Benefits

Johnston-Willis Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Johnston-Willis Hospital has provided quality healthcare services since 1909, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than a century of pioneering healthcare, our 290+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities for Greater Richmond and the Tri-Cities area. We offer a full range of healthcare services, with specialties in cancer care, and neuroscience at our first-in-Richmond Neuroscience and Gamma Knife Center, and we are the first in the United States for HCA Healthcare, and the first in Central Virginia to offer Focused Ultrasound for essential tremors. With our sister facility, Chippenham Hospital, we've provided and continue to provide a wide range of services to Central Virginia.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Social Worker Case Manager opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.