Social Worker Case Manager Joint Base Andrews, Md

Social Worker Case Manager

Joint Base Andrews, MD 20735

JOB DESCRIPTION

Posterity Group LLC is currently recruiting a Social Worker Case Manager to provide care to active-duty military members and their families at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The Social Worker Case Manager is a full-time position, 80 hours per two weeks, schedule can vary, on call is required. Full benefits, including 17 days paid vacation/sick leave and 11 paid Federal holidays.
DUTIES OF THE SOCIAL WORKER CASE MANAGER:

• Provides case management, care coordination and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient care settings. Assists service members and/or veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the 56 most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs. This includes, but is not limited to; acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems.

• Assessment: Proactively identifies and evaluates patients and families for case management from a variety of sources such as through discharge/disposition planning, referrals, the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) process, the healthcare system, employers, and facility staff. Conducts systematic, on-going, thorough collection of patient's physical, emotional, psychological, social, and medical status.

• Planning: Develops an appropriate patient-specific plan of care to include short- and long-term goals, objectives, and actions.

• Implementation: Guides the patient and family/care giver through the healthcare system, maximizing use of resources. Coordinates and executes the plan of care, optimizing access to appropriate services. Ensures necessary referrals are ordered by the appropriate discipline and coordinated.

• Coordination: Ensures coordination of care delivery processes, to include alternate healthcare settings and the home environment, for the purposes of enhancing the patient's health and wellness, safety, productivity, and quality of life, and for providing the most beneficial, cost-effective health care. Develops, utilizes and maintains a variety of military and community resources to optimize access to services and medical care. Ensures timely and appropriate provision of services.

• Monitoring: Documents and updates the treatment plan as needed in accordance with existing DoD, AF, local facility, and other agency guidelines.

• Evaluation: Monitoring and evaluation may include but is not limited to patient s adherence and response to the treatment plan; timeliness of patient and family/caregiver contact and follow-up identification of variances, patterns or trends from established practice guidelines and/or standards established outcome measurements result of interventions, treatment delivery and timeliness of care and utilization of resources.

• Travel: Travel outside of the local MTF and/or off the military installation may be necessary when needed.

• Coordinates and participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, designated facility meetings, and Care Coordination meetings.

• Must maintain a level of productivity and quality consistent with complexity of the assignment; the Case Management Society of America (CMSA); American Accreditation Healthcare Commission/Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC); CAMH;(AAAHC); Health Services Inspection (HSI).

• Completes medical record documentation and coding, and designated tracking logs and data reporting as required by local MTF/AF/DoD instructions, policies, and guidance.

• Completes all required electronic medical record training, MTF-specific orientation and training programs, and AF/DoD mandated Case Management training.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SOCIAL WORKER CASE MANAGER:

• Degree/Education: Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from an accredited school of social work.

• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: Certified Case Manager by Commission for Case Management (CCM) or National Association of Social Workers (NASW) -OR- certification eligible with 2 years full-time experience in case management for adults, children, families, seniors, and groups.

• Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years full-time experience in professional case management or discharge planning programs for adults, children, families, seniors, and groups.

• Board Certification must comply with Exhibit 5 requirements for a Social Worker-Case Manager.

• Licensure/Registration: A current valid license having no adverse action pending from any state or national licensing/certification agency. A Social Worker license is defined as a license that allows the Social Worker to work independently without clinical supervision.

• US Citizenship required (for access to government computer systems).

• BLS for Healthcare Providers

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS OF THE SOCIAL WORKER CASE MANAGER:

• Salary $49.20

• 17 days paid vacation per year.

• 11 paid Federal holidays per year.

• $4.41 Health & Welfare benefit could receive cash in lieu of health care insurance.

• Dental & Vision plans,

• 401(K)