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Complex Care Social Worker - Renal Dialysis - Grace Medical Center

LifeBridge Health • Chevy Chase, MD 20815 • Posted 4 days ago

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The Complex Care Social Worker at Grace Medical Center is responsible for facilitating discharge planning for difficult to place, high-cost, and escalated patients. This role involves using an escalation protocol to identify patients with discharge barriers, working with the interdisciplinary team to manage escalated patients, and monitoring high-cost and difficult to place patients to identify early intervention opportunities for timely and cost-saving discharges within utilization review guidelines. The position requires a Master's degree in a relevant field, a current/valid license in Maryland (LCSW-C/LCPC), and a minimum of 3 years of experience (5+ years preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate discharge planning in line with goals for length of stays related to difficult to place, high-cost, and escalated patients.
  • Use a multi-step escalation protocol to identify patients with barriers that prevent effective discharge within the goals for length of stay.
  • Work with the interdisciplinary team to assume responsibility for escalated patients according to set standards for discharge planning.
  • Monitor difficult to place and high-cost patients to identify early intervention opportunities for timely and cost-saving discharges within accepted utilization review guidelines.
  • Gather pertinent information utilizing a broad scope of sources to draw conclusions, determine needs, and take actions to meet those needs.
  • Oversee the efficient and effective management of care and appropriate utilization of resources.
  • Work collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement a plan of care.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with patients, care team members, and community partners.
  • Provide leadership and creativity for programs and projects to enhance the effectiveness of care management.

Qualifications

Required

  • Master's degree in a relevant field.
  • Current/Valid license in the State of Maryland (LCSW-C/LCPC).
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience.

Preferred

  • 5+ years of experience.

Full Job Description

Complex Care Social Worker - Renal Dialysis - Grace Medical Center

Sign On Bonus Potential: $15,000.00

Baltimore, MD

GRACE MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATE

BALTO ST. HEMODIAL

Full-time - Day shift - 8:00am-4:30pm

Allied Health

85409

Posted: September

3, 2024

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Summary

JOB SUMMARY:

To facilitate discharge planning in line with goals for length of stays related to difficult to place, high-cost and escalated patients. The Complex Care Social Worker will use a multi-step escalation protocol to identify those patients with barriers that prevent an effective discharge within the goals for length of stay. In conjunction with the interdisciplinary team the Complex Care Social Worker will assume responsibility for the escalated patients in accordance with set standards for discharge planning. The Complex Care Social Worker will also monitor the difficult to place and high-cost patient to identify early intervention opportunities to effect a discharge in a timely and cost-saving manner within the accepted utilization review guidelines.

A systematic gathering of pertinent information utilizing a broad scope of sources whereby conclusions

can be drawn needs can be determined and actions are taken to meet those needs.

Oversees the efficient and effective management of care and appropriate utilization of resources.

Works collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement a plan of

care.

Consistently demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with the patients, care

team members and community partners.

Provides leadership and creativity for programs and projects to enhance the effectiveness of care

management.

REQUIREMENTS:

Seasoned professional knowledge; equivalent to a Master's degree; knowledge

in more than one discipline.

Current/Valid license in the State of Maryland; LCSW-C/LCPC required.

Minimum of 3 years of experience; 5+ years of experience preferred.

Additional Information As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive to

CARE BRAVELY

for over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.

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