Social Worker ^60173
Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
Description: WVU Healthcare is at present recruited Social Worker ^60173 right now, this position will be settled in West Virginia. Detailed specification about this position opportunity please read the description below. Title Social Worker ^60173
Req Number 13-01135
Open Date 5/16/2013
Description
Social Worker Summary: The social worker intervenes with patients ! who have complex psychosocial needs, require assistance with eligibility determination for social programs and funding sources, and qualify for community assistance from a variety of special funds and agencies. In addition, offers crisis intervention to patients and families with psychosocial needs and collaborates with the patient care team in the development of a discharge plan of care for all patients including high-risk patient population. This role will receive referrals for individuals from at-risk populations from the interdisciplinary team members (including physicians, care managers, staff nurses, and other members of the care team).
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Æ'æ Psychosocial Assessment and Interventions
- Provide assessment, social service, and crisis intervention to patients and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial, and family situations, which may include discharge planning.
- On! the basis of preliminary risk screening, assesses patients an! d family’s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope.
- Documents interventions according to departmental policies and procedure related to the interactions with patients and families emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; access and mobilizes family/community resources to meet identified needs.
- Serves as a resource person and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decision and end-of-life issues.
- On â€"call and weekend rotations to be performed by on-call/PRN staff as required by the department.
- Collaborates with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team to facilitate the Clinical Care Coordinator process for designated caseload! . Monitors the patient’s progress, intervening as necessary and appropriate to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are patient focused, high quality, efficient, and cost effective
- Manages all aspects of discharge planning for assigned patients
- Provide education as needed to staff, physicians, and patients for transitional planning needs
- Communicates with community health, social agencies, and the patient care team regarding patients’ with complex family dynamics that directly impact patient care and discharge planning.
- Provides consultation to care manager when coordinating appropriate community resources to meet continuing care needs.
- Seeks consultation from appropriate disciplines/departments as required to expedite care and facilitate discharge
- Initiates the referral for post-acute service or facility and documents in electronic medical record.
- Communicates all necessary information regardi! ng arranged services, placement and transportation needed to healthcare! team, patients, and families
- Validates discharge criteria for patient and families and notifies care managers of newly identified resources or change in previously identified resources.
- Working knowledge of the patient’s current medical insurance coverage and the pre-certification requirements for Durable Medical Equipment (DME), placement, infusions, transfers, etc, and negotiate with individual payor, state, local, and federal agencies to optimize the appropriate placement of patients.
- Communicates, completes, and sends the required forms to the appropriate facility for the potential placement of patients within the desired time frame to prevent avoidable days.
- Documents relevant discharge planning information in the medical record according to Department standards
- Serves as a consultant for processing medical power of attorney, health care surrogate, and! advanced directives.
- Provides intervention in child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, mental health placement, advance directives, adult/elderly abuse, child protection, and sexual assault.
- Applies approved utilization acuity criteria to monitor appropriateness of admissions and continued stays, and documents findings based on department standards, policy and procedure.
- Communicates with Resource Center and /or third party payors on issues on a case by case basis and with clinical staff (ie. Peer to Peer) and follows up to resolve problems with payors as needed.
- Collaborate for appropriate resource and financial management which may include, but is not limited to financial assistance coordination/referrals, entitlement program coordination/referrals, patient benefit coordination, assessment of w! orking DRG and/or collaboration with Clinical Documentation Management ! Program, assessment for appropriate usage of Health Care Resources/clinical cost efficiency.
- Educates hospital staff and physicians to the payor regulations to prevent denials.
- Uses data to drive decisions and plan/implement performance improvement strategies related to assigned patients, including fiscal, clinical and patient satisfaction data
- Uses quality screens in Allscripts to identify potential issues, ie. Avoidable days and readmissions
- Collects delay for services and other data for specific performance and/or outcome indicators as determined by department
- Participates in development, implementation, evaluation and r
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This position starts available on: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:58:47 GMT
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