Social Work Care Coordinator -OP

Position: — Social Work Care Coordinator 1-OP
# Social Work Care Coordinator 1-OPRequisition :
186373

Department:
530346 Chronic Care Management

Shift:
Day Category:
Professionals### Paid Time Off### 401(k) Company Match### Flexible Work Environment Renown Health is northern Nevada's healthcare leader and Reno's only locally owned, not-for-profit health system. We are an entire network of hospitals, primary care offices, urgent care centers, lab services, medical specialties, and x-ray and imaging services - with more than 7,000 nurses, doctors and care providers dedicated to the health and well-being of our community.
** For Providers:
** Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) are affiliate partners in Nevada's first integrated academic health system. The affiliation aims to improve the health of the community, region, and state through research, medical education, and expanded clinical care. Renown physicians participate as joint faculty at UNR Med for teaching, lectures, supervising clinical rotations, and other academic activities for the education of medical and physician assistant students, residents and fellows.

Schedule:

Full Time - Eligible for Benefits## Position Purpose This position is responsible under the supervision of the department manager for providing patients and families with emotional support, advocacy as appropriate, financial information, transitional care planning, and social work services. This position also serves as a liaison between the medical staff and the patient/family and provides interventions designed to minimize patient stress and maximize coping skills.

This position requires the ability to advocate on behalf of the client to ensure their connection to necessary resources for their continued success.## Nature and Scope This position provides psychosocial services to patients, families, and consultation to staff to assist in dealing with barriers to patient self-management. In addition to working as an integral member of the patient’s interdisciplinary care team, this position also provides condition specific educational information, resources, and support to assists patients, families, and caregivers.

This position provides clinical and complex care planning for patients who are receiving care with a Renown provider in the outpatient setting.

The incumbent may work with individuals at different stages of the life span ranging from early childhood to late adulthood and must provide optimal patient care. This is achieved through psychosocial assessment, care planning, implementation of appropriate interventions, and evaluation of patients and families. An ability to understand and apply best practices related to conditions experienced by patients of assigned population(s) is critical.

The major challenge to this position is the ability to prioritize and assess critical situations while maintaining quality services under stressful conditions.

This position has the authority to review and evaluate each case and establish care plan priorities.

For some Care Management programs/departments this position may be required to work with patients in the community outside of a Renown facility yet remain under Renown’s stewardship. Contact with these patients may be by phone, in-person during an appointment, or via a home visit. (For departments 200741 and 530346)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
1. Knowledge of social work skills, theories, and intervention.
2. Ability to complete psychosocial assessment and develop and implement care plans specific to the patients’ unique needs and conditions.
3. Requires knowledge and understanding of medical terms.
4. Ability to work effectively as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary team, and to facilitate close working relationships and cooperation within the Health System and community.
5. Ability to apply independent and mature judgment and establish priorities.
6. Ability to interact effectively with persons of differing ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds
7. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based upon the physical, motor, sensory, psychosocial, and safety needs and development, to the age of the patient.
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