Social Worker - Enhanced Care Management/Bed Readiness Program

About the role

This position will provide care coordination for an effective early discharge process. This is a two-year funded State Project, focusing on Medicaid Fee-for-Service, Managed Medicaid, and Dual Medicaid-Medicare eligible adult clients who are medically ready to be transferred outside of an acute care setting but are unable to due to transition complexities and barriers.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialty consultation to staff and health care teams regarding psychosocially focused aspects of client/patient care
• Provide specialty consultation to Care Management and other health care staff who provide referrals to the Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program
• Psycho-social support to patients and families to facilitate discharge from an inpatient setting to an ECM followed post-acute setting
• Follow patients in a post-acute setting and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team for ongoing clinical needs and discharge planning into the community or sustain community residence
• This position is based out of HMC yet visits with patients may occur in a variety of settings: inpatient, skilled nursing facilities, community dwellings, shelters, etc.

Requirements

• A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent

Qualifications

Strong candidates will have prior inpatient social work experience and DSHS familiarity.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Minimum: $43.41 hourly
Maximum: $67.93 hourly

Schedule

First Shift (United States of America)

Position Details

Temporary or Regular? This is a temporary position
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) 0.00%

About Harborview Medical Center

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care. Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

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