LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager

Job Summary:

MedStar Health is looking for an LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager to join our team! The ideal candidate will show professional competency as a general practitioner of Occupational Therapy, independent use of varied evaluation and treatment approaches, and excellent verbal and oral communication skills.

As an LMSW/LMGW Inpatient Case Manager, you will serve as a member of the Case Management Team. Facilitates the delivery of quality, cost effective, patient-centered care from pre-admission through post-discharge. Ensures the care is designed to meet individualized patient outcomes. Monitors the care and services delivered to selected patient populations during the acute hospital stay, promotes effective case management and utilization of resources, and works to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes.

Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!

Primary Duties:

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to develop and coordinate the plan of care. Demonstrates the ability to develop a plan of care that addresses needs across the continuum; develop long- and short-term goals with specific time frames for resolution; identify specific services to be provided in the care plan; include the family/care-giver in the plan of care; and show life planning contingencies such as power of attorney and/or advance directives. Collaborates with and completes referrals to appropriate community agencies for assistance based on patient needs. Initiates referrals in a timely manner. Uses responses to help patients resume life in the community and/or adjust to lifestyle changes.

• Communicates daily with direct caregivers and case management triad regarding patient and family responses to plan of care, identification of problems, discharge planning, and payor concerns such as LOS. Identifies delays in care and quality/risk issues and communicates information to appropriate individuals and departments. Completes psychosocial history or socioeconomic assessment as determined by healthcare team or high-risk indicators. Coordinates the completion of requisite forms by doctors, patients, and families for any services required. 

• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of case management activities to ensure that physicians and caregivers are well informed regarding the discharge plans. Adheres to all policies and procedures regarding documentation and confidentiality of information. Demonstrates knowledge of the dynamics of abuse/neglect, including identification and reporting laws. Coordinates investigating law enforcement, protection agencies, hospital security, risk management, and healthcare teams. Demonstrates knowledge of community resources serving high social risk populations. 

• Develops and maintains information on community resources and referral requirements based on patient population as identified in the unit scope of practice. Facilitates communication between the patient and family and the healthcare team. Assesses and communicates the patient's social, cultural, emotional, and economic problems to medical staff and other healthcare providers as needed. Effectively intervenes with patient/family in resolving emotional/behavioral obstacles to patient's progress, recovery, and disposition. Initiates and participates in multidisciplinary discharge planning rounds and collaborates with internal and external health care providers, patients, and families to develop comprehensive discharge plans. 

• Maintains professional growth in managed care, care management, other health care, financial trends, clinical practice, and research. Organizes individual workloads and sets appropriate priorities based on the patient’s medical plan, the patient’s needs, policy, and procedures. Provides clinical assessment, evaluation, and disposition of persons presenting with behavioral health concerns or illness.

Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work.

• Valid Social Worker license in the District of Columbia or Maryland depending on work location.

• Experience in social work in a hospital setting preferred.

• Experience in care/case management preferred.

• CCM - Certified Case Manager preferred.