Case Manager Social Worker

• Manage the medically related social and emotional needs of patients and their families
• Coordinate care with physicians, nursing staff, case managers and allied health professionals
• Conduct high-risk screening, initial and ongoing psychosocial assessments
• Ensure continuity of care through case management and discharge planning
• Provide social work interventions to expedite timely discharges
• Monitor patient outcomes and analyze variances
• Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures
• Patient care assignment may include Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• Complete psychosocial assessment of identified patients
• Provide case management and discharge planning services in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Assess patient level of functioning
• Identify patients with a history of medical non-compliance, high resource utilization and poor outcomes
• Document assessment data, patient problems, interventions and evaluation
• Serve as UNMHSC liaison to state protection agencies for reports of patient abuse, neglect or exploitation
• Coordinate with UNMHSC Office of Legal Counsel regarding legal issues
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care planning
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with community agencies and third party payor sources
• Contribute to education of physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and students
• Acts as resource to professional colleagues
• Assist in resolution of identified barriers and develop alternative goals and objectives with patients and family members
• Use effective communication strategies
• Provide assistance to facilitate patient recovery, discharge and/or management of an acute, chronic or terminal illness
• Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice

• Master's Degree in Related Discipline
• NM LMSW or LPC or LCSW credential
• No minimum experience required

Bilingual English/Spanish

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials