Care Coordinator-LCSW, Dover Primary Care
Location: Dover Delaware
Description: Nemours is employing Care Coordinator-LCSW, Dover Primary Care right now, this vacancy will be placed in Delaware. More complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Nemours is seeking a Care Coordinator - LCSW to join our Primary Care team in Dover, Delaware.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health care systems, Nemours provides world-class clinical care in four states â€" Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children offers intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric specialties. Ranked among the nation's best in pediatric specialty care by U.S. News & World Report , this world-renowned teaching hospital has served children from 42 states and 14 nations. Extending the world-class care of the duPont Hospital for Children, the Nemours Children's Clinic provides expert care for even more children across the Delaware Valley through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems. To keep pace with the changing health care environment and build a healthier future for our children, Nemours has embarked on a multi-phase expansion to create a children's hospital like no other in the region. Upon completion in June 2014, the hospital will include private, family-centered, technologically advanced patient rooms, a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and a new expanded Emergency Department.
The care coordinator works within the context of a primary care medical home, from a team approach, and in continuous partnership with families and physicians to promote: timely access to needed care, comprehension and continuity of care, and the enhancement of child and family well being.
1) Assist with or promote the identification of patients in the practice with special health care needs; add them to the registry and use the registry to plan and monitor care.
2) Initiate family contacts; create ongoing processes for families to determine and request the level of care-coordination support they desire for their child/youth or family member at any given point in time.
3) Identify patient and family needs and unmet needs, strengths and assets. Assess biopsychosocial needs of at-risk patients, i.e., single parents, substance abuse, complex medical patients, etc.
4) Build care relationships among family and team; support the primary care-giving role of the family.
5) As a member of the care team, monitor patient care plans with family/youth/team (emergency plan, medical summary and action plan as appropriate). Carry out care plans, evaluate effectiveness, monitor in a timely way and effect changes as needed; use age appropriate transition timetables for interventions within care plans.
6) Case management coordination of services such as, transportation, referrals, post-hospitalization discharge; Makes follow up communication to patients/families on matters such as confirmation of delivery of equipment, emergency room visits, hospitalization, no show appointments, etc.
7) Serve as contact point, advocate and informational resource for family and community partners/payors. Referrals to child protective services and appropriate agencies for domestic violence. Completes forms such as DFS, FMLA, SSI, etc. and writes letters for housing, nursing care, medical necessity, etc.; Research, find and link resources, services, and supports with/for the patient/family. Arranges for supplies and equipment. Assists with getting insurance coverage for patients without insurance.
8) Coordinate inter-organizationally among family, the medical home, and involved agencies. Connect to and understand community resources, i.e., WIC, food stamps, DME providers, advocacy groups, schools, financial assistance, counseling, anger management classes, special needs camps or inner-city camps. Refer patients to early intervention and public health nurses and help office staff and parents navigate through the school system and help with IEPs.
9) Provide behavioral health visits as needed (LCSW only).
10) Responsible for generating required data. Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Minimum three years job related experience. Nemours, an equal opportunity employer, is committed to focusing on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.
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This vacancy starts available on: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:21:10 GMT