<p>Overview</p> <p>Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Case Management-Acute Care, Social Worker in Westwood, NJ.</p> <p>Why Join Us?</p> <p>Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better</p> <ul> <li>Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being. </li><li>People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for. </li><li>Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care. </li><li>Learn more about the?benefits offered?for this job. </li></ul> <p>Get to Know Your Team:</p> <ul> <li>Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU. </li></ul> <p>Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>The Social Worker MSW assesses the social, psychosocial, cultural, environmental, and financial situations concerning the patient and family. </li><li>He/she is a patient/family advocate, promoting rights and dignity and striving to involve the patient/family in aspects of care as appropriate. </li><li>The Social Worker MSW also facilitates the acute, rehabilitative, and long-term discharge processes to provide for an optimal age-specific continuum of care. </li><li>Assesses patient/family individual health and psychosocial needs to determine social services and discharge planning needs. </li><li>Communicates with physicians, staff, and payors to ensure appropriateness of care. </li><li>Re-evaluates patient needs on an ongoing basis and, as necessary, alters plan of care and for post-discharge care. </li><li>Actively participates in the interdisciplinary planning process: attends team meetings, identifies resources to provide comprehensive care, and arranges post-discharge care and services. </li><li>Assesses and communicates the psychosocial health status of the patient/family. </li><li>Evaluates the plan rendered for effectiveness. </li><li>Assumes leadership role in the interdisciplinary team to facilitate the development and implementation of the physician's plan of care for each patient. </li><li>Reviews all assigned patients for level of care order, including authentication of the order by the MD for all payors and patient classes. </li><li>Reviews Observation Cases and Extended Recovery patients and communicates with the MD and Utilization Review RN their plan to discharge or required continued stay. </li><li>Ensures Important Message of Medicare (IMM) is obtained within 2 days of admission and within 2 days of discharge. Understanding of the Appeals process in Compliance with the IMM policy and CMS regulations. </li><li>Delivers Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) to all Observation patients according to the MOON policy and CMS regulation for MOON. </li><li>Reviews re-admissions and completes the Readmission Flowsheet in EMR. Identifies patients at risk for readmission to enhance education and discharge treatment plan. </li><li>Establishes a projected discharge plan within 72 hours of admission. </li><li>Identifies opportunities for the Case Management program to be improved. </li><li>Assigns avoidable days with appropriate reasons for any patient not meeting MN or delays. </li></ul> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>Job Requirements:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Master's degree in Social Work.</p> </li><li> <p>2+ years' experience as a Licensed Social Worker.</p> </li><li> <p>Licensed Medical Social Worker (LMSW).</p> </li><li> <p>Skills in critical thinking, communication, customer service, and organization.</p> </li></ul> <p>Preferred Job Requirements:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Experience as a Licensed Social Worker in a medical setting.</p> </li><li> <p>Certified Case Manager (CCM) or Accredited Case Manager (ACM).</p> </li></ul> <p>Rate of pay is determined based on experience and education, and may include other pay components such as differentials and call pay based on role.</p>