Job Description:

Job Specifics

• Application Requirements: Please upload a current resume that includes your work history and relevant licenses or certifications.
• Benefits Eligible: No
• FTE: PRN
• Shift: Variable
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Job Essentials

• Identifies patients for proactive intervention using payor models, and medical and social determinants of health risk criteria.
• Coordinates care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria to ensure health care continuity, avoid preventable poor outcomes, and promote the safe and timely transfer of patient from one level of care to another or from one type of setting to another.
• Assesses the patient’s prior and current level of functioning, access to and/or use of community resources, psychosocial needs, and available support systems. Assesses and coordinates care for patients with complex social determinants of health needs and complex family dynamics.
• May conduct behavioral health assessments, crisis counseling, behavioral health or substance abuse counseling, and interventions per scope of licensure and care site resources/processes.
• Collaborates with care team and with patient and/or family/caregivers, and/or care representatives, as appropriate, to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment.  Executes specific interventions to meet established goals.
• Coordinates discharge planning, transitional, or home care needs per regulatory requirements, department policy or guidelines, and payor models.
• Provides education to patients, caregivers, and patient representatives on health management and community resource utilization.
• Attends and may facilitate care rounds and case conferences.  Advocates for patient rights.
• Enhances the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources. Collaborates with the care team to identify strategies for appropriate reduction in service utilization. Monitors efficiency and availability of services and evaluates outcomes. Uses criteria to implement strategies to resolve controllable variances.
• Identifies needs, facilitates, or provides education to physicians, nursing, and ancillary departments on care management process and roles. Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborates with payors and outside agencies to enhance communication and promote a patient-centered care delivery system.
• May be required to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays based on specific role.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service behavior and compliance standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• MSW/Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited program.
• Colorado:  Current valid LCSW license or
• SWC or LSW required at hire with
• LCSW required within 3 years of employment
• Montana:   Current valid LMSW or LCSW license or
• SWLC required at hire with
• LCSW required within 4 years of employment or
• LMSW required within 3 years of employment
• Two (2) years of experience as a Social Worker in a community, outpatient, or acute care setting.

Preferred Requirements

• Five (5) years of social work experience is preferred.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Knowledge of Medical Terminology
• Knowledge of Desktop software including Microsoft or Google applications.
• Ability to Navigate an Electronic Health Record.
• Knowledge of Post-acute Skilled resources.
• Knowledge of Community, Social, Health, and Welfare resources.
• Knowledge of Legal and Regulatory issues and resources for complex patient populations.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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