Inpatient Social Worker - Lancaster, United States - Lancaster General Health

Lancaster General Health
Lancaster General Health
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Lancaster, United States

3 weeks ago

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LOCATION:
Lancaster General Hosptial in Lancaster, PA

HOURS:
Full-time (40 hours/week). Day shift, Monday-Friday (8:00am - 4:30pm). Occasional in-house weekend coverage (2-3 weekends per year) and on call (1-2 times per year). Occasional holidays, every 2-3 years (Martin Luther King, Memorial, Independence and Labor Days only at this time)


_ Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is recruiting for a full-time inpatient Case Manager to join a team of dedicated Case Managers managing a variety complex cases._
***: Acts as an advocate for the patient, assisting them to reach optimal function and health in an appropriate environment that would support their needs. The Case Manager functions within the full scope of practice to include the major responsibilities of the position and to extend these responsibilities beyond the episode of care to encompass coordination of care across the continuum. The Case Manager applies the processes of assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination of care to meet the patients' health care needs across the continuum in collaboration with health team members, community members, to ensure safe, quality and cost effective care.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

  • Conducts assessments of patient/family needs by coordinating input from all health professionals and formulating a documented plan assuring continuity of care for the rising and high risk patients.
  • Delegates care coordination based on situation while assuming accountability for patient outcome. Supports assistive personnel; serves as a resource and holds assistive personnel accountable to complete delegated tasks.
  • Identifies appropriate providers, facilities, external healthcare organizations throughout the continuum of care and communicates with an interdisciplinary treatment team to develop and maintain positive working relationships with patients, families and providers.
  • Functions as a coordinator and manager of a defined health population across care setting and for multiple physicians/health care providers or health plan counterparts. Works closely with their assigned primary care department/practice to offer individualized assistance with improving and maintaining quality patient care.
  • Coordinates care across the continuum (inpatient/outpatient/community) to assure appropriate utilization of clinical and community resources.
  • Oversees and guides the development of multiple health partnerships to achieve a positive health effect.
  • Participates on a team for data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, and programmatic evaluation related to initiatives.
  • In conjunction with the practice team, identifies patients at risk for poor outcomes or experiencing poor coordination of services who would benefit from more intensive followup.
  • Provides chronic disease and selfmanagement education and support.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

  • Assist in coordination of the development of practice parameters with the assigned departments/sections/specialties of Medical Staff.
  • Identifies professional needs to maintain expertise and keep current with health care trends, both clinical and financial.
  • Serves on committees and actively participates in department staff meetings and performance improvement activities, using the gained knowledge through lean sixsigma training.
  • Helps in identification of best methods to transmit case management plan to all points of care provided in the health care system, and county social service agencies.
  • Actively engages in educational activities with Medical Students and Residents.
  • Participates in the oncall responsibilities for this position as required.
  • Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:


RN or Social Worker is required for this role, with specific requirements being one of the following:


RN:


  • Current licensure as a Registered Nurse, issued by the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing.
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) or a related health care degree is required
    OR RN with at least ten (10) years acute/subacute care or CM experience.

Social Worker:


Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) or a Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW) with a Master's degree (MS) in Human Services from an accredited school or program
OR Bachelor's degree in Social Work with ten (10) years relevant experience.


  • Three (3) years of acute care nursing or social work experience.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Proven informal leadership skills.
  • Ability to work independently, setting priorities to coordinate care plans efficiently.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced team environment.
  • Highly organi
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