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Care Manager - Social Work

Company

Healthtalentpro
Address New Orleans, LA, United States
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Category Medical Practices,Hospitals and Health Care
Expires 2023-08-14
Posted at 10 months ago
Job Description
Overview


Required skills & experience


  • 2+ years previous experience working in care management and/or with chronic illness within a medical environment i.e. home health, dialysis, hospice
  • Ability to take call remotely on some nights and weekends
  • Currently licensed as a LCSW or LMSW
  • Master’s Degree in Social Work, behavioral sciences or another related field
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision


What You Need To Know


  • This person has to want to work for a start up
  • Looking for someone who works well with ambiguity, drive time, tele-health components
  • Flexible paid leave and vacation policy
  • This position will cover a one-hour travel radius.
  • Competitive compensation package including salary
  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast paced and innovative care management company that is transforming the delivery of kidney care


Additional Job Details


  • Serve as the point of contact for patient questions regarding social and behavioral
  • Help patients to understand, accept and follow medical and life style recommendations
  • Assess patients and refer to behavioral health specialists if diagnosis and treatment needed
  • Work closely with Care Team to ensure continual progress on all care management goals
  • Assess social determinants of health needs and develop a plan for addressing them
  • Excellent verbal communication skills both in person and on the phone
  • This position will cover a ONE-hour travel radius.
  • Be able to work with Microsoft Office and mobile phone and web-based applications
  • Perform in-home care management visits to assess and impact social and behavioral status
  • Ability to show empathy and quickly build relationships with patients and local CBOs
  • Initiate patient relationships through enrollment and onboarding processes
  • Introduce patients to appropriate resources and act as the patient advocate
  • Review and document patient updates and progress in care management platform
  • Facilitate conversations around and consideration of proactive care decisions, especially relating to transplantation, home modalities and AV fistula placement
  • Rare domestic travel may be required to Nashville, TN
  • Ability to occasionally visit patients or take call remotely on some nights and weekends
  • Identify, vet and build relationships with local Community-Based Organizations
  • Serve as subject matter expert on social determinants for other members of the Care Team
  • Deliver individual, family and group education on living with chronic illness
  • Perform behavioral, environmental and social support assessments and surveys as needed
  • Engage family and social support groups in the education and care of patients
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision