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Stormont Vail Health

Nonprofit integrated healthcare system and clinics

Ambulatory Social Worker - Care Transformation

Case Management & AdvocacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTopeka, KS, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in customer service is preferred.
  • Clinical and/or medical social work experience is preferred.
  • Experience in group work, case work, and community methodologies is preferred.
  • A Licensed Bachelor Social Worker credential from KSBSRB is required; temporary licensure may be accepted at hire, with full licensure required upon expiration of the temporary license, or a Licensed Masters Social Worker credential from KSBSRB is required under the same conditions.
  • The position is patient-facing.
  • The role requires a quiet, distraction-free workspace that allows compliance with security and privacy standards, stable electricity and internet with a minimum 25 Mbps upload speed, and full attention to job duties and communication during working hours.
  • The employee must follow agreed break and attendance schedules and Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy, including annual review and acknowledgment of the Remote Work Agreement.
  • The employee must comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in patient admission processes for inpatient, outpatient, PHP, and IOP settings; assist with voluntary paperwork as needed and serve as a hospital representative and patient advocate.
  • Coordinate and facilitate services for patients and their families throughout the Stormont Vail Health system.
  • Perform social work assessments that account for the bio-psychosocial, cultural, developmental, and spiritual effects of illness and hospitalization.
  • Develop case management and/or treatment plans based on assessments, patient and family or caregiver concerns, and multidisciplinary care-team recommendations.
  • Address patient and family or caregiver understanding of and adjustment to illness to maximize intervention benefits and functioning; establish supportive and therapeutic relationships; communicate patient status and progress clearly; and adapt communication to the recipient.
  • Initiate discharge planning upon admission, coordinate and implement plans with internal and external multidisciplinary teams, and develop long-term plans to reduce recidivism, making referrals as indicated.
  • Develop and facilitate groups for patients and/or significant others as needed.
  • Maintain productivity and coordinate and prioritize patient-care activities efficiently and effectively.
  • Provide problem-solving and leadership in developing new services that respond to patient-care demands.
  • Maintain confidentiality and comply with professional ethics and applicable professional, departmental, and Medical Center standards.
  • Participate in and, when appropriate, initiate patient-care conferences.
  • Provide patient education regarding diagnosis and treatment.
  • Provide crisis and/or brief therapy for individuals, families, and groups.
  • Assess patient and family functioning at discharge or referral to another provider.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in customer service.
  • Clinical and/or medical social work experience.
  • Experience in group work, case work, and community methodologies.

About the Company

Stormont Vail Health

Nonprofit integrated healthcare system and clinics

Stormont Vail Health is a nonprofit, integrated health care system serving northeast Kansas. It runs Stormont Vail Hospital, a 586-bed acute care Magnet-designated hospital, and Cotton O’Neil Clinic, a multi-specialty physician group with more than 250 doctors. With nearly 5,000 employees across the hospital and 35 other locations—including Heart, Cancer, Diabetes, Digestive Health, Pediatrics, and multiple primary care and Express Care clinics—the system aims to improve community health through coordinated, high-quality care. It is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which connects local clinicians with Mayo Clinic expertise, and it collaborates with local partners such as Baker University, Washburn University Athletics, Kansas State University, and the Kansas Health Foundation. The goal is to provide compassionate, efficient care and to support a healthier community by leveraging collaboration and shared knowledge.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$220K
Headquarters
Topeka, KS
Founded
1884

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