Medical Social Worker

City/State: White Plains, New York Department: WPH Care Management_3 Work Shift: Day Work Days: MON-FRI, ALTERNATING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS Scheduled Hours: 9 AM-5 PM Hours Per Pay Period: 75 Pay Rate/Range: $37.4457-$56.1687 For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Job Summary

The SW Care Manager performs the initial comprehensive assessment on admission in accordance with the Care Management Department policy, screening all patients by utilizing established tools for high risk indicators to ensure high risk patient populations receive the appropriate supportive services for discharge to prevent readmission and assess all populations for potential discharge planning needs.

Provides ongoing reassessment of needs throughout the hospital course.

Essential Functions

Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors. Completes a comprehensive initial assessment. Performs all activities for multidisciplinary care coordination at the intra-hospital level of care and inter-hospital level of care. Performs all transitional planning activities including but not limited to: Patient/care giver education; arrangement of all after care, commercial payer involvement; high utilizer patient root cause.

Communicates and collaborates all relevant patient information to appropriate health team members. Ensures department goals of LOS reduction, readmission prevention, denial reduction, and satisfaction improvement are realized. Documents per department requirements. Participates in Performance Improvement activities as needed.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Masters Required 1-3 years Two years experience in an acute care hospital setting or related setting preferred Preferred Use of Electronic Medical Record (Medium proficiency) Licensed Master Social Worker

• New York State Board of Social Work LMSW Upon Hire Required or Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• New York State Board of Social Work LCSW Upon Hire Required PRI
• Patient Review Instrument Cert
• PHTC PRI/Screen NYS within 90 Days Required White Plains Hospital Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. White Plains Hospital Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.