Hospital Discharge Social Workers

Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement available!

Differentials : Receive 17% weekday nights, 26% weekend nights and 15% weekend day shift

Key Benefits at UNMH : Free college education for the employee as well as their dependents and free medical / dental insurance for single full-time employees.

Hospital Discharge Social Workers (Case Manager SW) play a crucial role in assisting and advocating for patients with the development of a safe transition plan back to the community. Social workers serve as an integral partner by identifying patient needs and providing community resources to ensure continuity of care for all patients.

UNM Health is New Mexico's only Level I Trauma Center—we care for patients with the most complex conditions from across the state. Additionally, we are the first NIH-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and award-winning Advanced Care Stroke Center. UNM Health providers specialize in over 150 areas of medicine and employ over 7,000 professionals. Together, we receive 900,000 outpatient visits, 22,000 surgical cases and 100,000 emergency room visits each year.

General Case Manager Social Work I Description :

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 from 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.

Some key responsibilities :

• PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable
• IDENTIFICATION - Identify appropriate patients within designated specialty area requiring patient case management interventions by utilizing established procedures including census review, risk screens, and referral
• CASE MANAGEMENT - Provide case management and discharge planning services in a timely and cost-effective manner to include patient assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation
• 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 cognitive status including decisional incapacity
• ASSESSMENT - Assess patient level of functioning, including developmental, physical, environmental, cognitive, behavioral, psychological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual factors

Qualifications : EDUCATION :

Master's Degree in related discipline

EXPERIENCE :

No minimum experience required

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS :

NM Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or NM Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LPC) or NM Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

PREFERRED LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION :

Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in State of New Mexico

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in State of New Mexico