LMSW Social Worker Care Coordination Part time – Care Coordination
Location Type: On-site
Job Number: 794593
Category: Professional & Executive
Job Number: 794593
Category: Professional & Executive
Why UT Southwestern? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. We invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. Veterans: UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to hundreds of veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you have made to our country. We are proud to support your next mission. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you will discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.
This is a part-time weekday. The likely hours will be 0800-4:30pm averaging 24 hours per week. However, this will be discussed in more detail during the interview.
The LMSW Social Worker Care Coordinator is a member of the Care Coordination Department (a hospital department) who educates the healthcare team and physicians about psychosocial issues and any identified patient/family problems as well as strategies to address the issues. The individual in this position, in conjunction with RN Care Coordinators, has overall responsibility to assess the patient for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission. This position will conduct complex psycho-social assessment and intervention to promote timely throughput, facilitate a safe discharge and prevent avoidable readmissions. This position integrates national standards for case management scope of services including: Care Coordination- A process whereby screening/identification, assessment, planning, sequencing of care and communication, when effectively integrated, ensure and advance the plan of care to support successful transitions. Compliance- Knowledge related to federal, state, local hospital and accreditation requirements that impact scope of services to include, Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Condition of Participation. Transition Management- Planning that begins at the time of the initial patient encounter (preadmission, admission, emergency department, etc.) and is reevaluated and adjusted throughout the patient’s hospital stay. Care Coordinators (both SW and RN) will arrange/ensure all elements of the transition plan are implemented and communicated to key stakeholders including, but not limited to, the health care team, patient/family/ caregiver, and post-acute providers. Care Coordinators will convey all necessary information for continuity of care and patient safety, verify receipt and provide a venue for additional questions and/or information requests/needs. Why UT Southwestern? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued patients and employees. With over 20,000 employees, we are committed to continuing our growth with the best professionals in the healthcare industry. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you will discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.
Working conditions are considered to be fair but involve exposure to one or more disagreeable elements such as need to travel to patient’s homes, working under crowded or noisy conditions, dealing with disfigured patients or those who have terminal illnesses, etc.
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
Click here to view more benefits information.
(Eligibility varies by employment status)
Why are top candidates in so many professional fields – including customer service, finance, and human resources, to name a few – choosing UT Southwestern Medical Center as a career home? Simple. They know that they will work among a team of people who bring their best every day to support a health organization that’s breaking new ground in dozens of ways. That’s what we can offer you.
It takes a lot to keep UT Southwestern at the forefront, where world-class patient care, acclaimed medical education, and innovative research breakthroughs are common occurrences. When you join us, those are the challenges you’ll share. Our organization has taken on serious commitments and responsibilities within a rapidly evolving health care system.
Change is a constant, so our work supporting this complex matrix of business and systems needs must rise to the highest level of professionalism, collaboration, and innovation. That’s true for every role across the Medical Center and represents why this can be the most challenging work of your career.