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Location: BELLINGHAM, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Part Time

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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">Date: 08-17-12<BR>Title: Care Mgr/Medical Social Worker<BR>Location: Bellingham, WA<BR>Department: 9130-Social Services<BR>Hours/Week: 32<BR>FTE: 0.8<BR>Shift: Day<BR>Work Hours: 0800 - 1630<BR>Work Days: Sun - Sat<BR>Job Type: Regular<BR>Req #: peac-00022743<BR>Salary Range: $23.12 - $34.67<BR><BR><BR>Company Profile:<BR>At PeaceHealth, we carry on the healing mission of Jesus Christ by promoting personal and community health, relieving pain and suffering, and treating each person in a loving and caring way. The fulfillment of this Mission is our shared purpose. It drives all that we are and all that we do. To those who embrace the spirit of these words and our commitment to Exceptional Medicine and Compassionate Care, we offer the opportunity to learn and grow as a member of the PeaceHealth family.<BR>Job Description:<BR>JOB SUMMARY<BR><BR>The Care Manager is responsible for identifying medically and psychosocially complex patients and families who are likely to benefit from care management and meet high risk criteria and for the coordination of care for these patients. This includes: collaborating with individuals and their families using the care management process for assessing needs, developing plan of care, coordinating delivery of services, monitoring changes, and reassessing the person''s needs on a regular bases; working collaboratively in a shared leadership model with the RN Care Coordinator; working collaboratively across departments within the acute care setting and with community agencies and providers across the continuum of care; facilitating the coordinated utilization of resources for maximization of health outcomes, patient/family satisfaction and financial outcomes.<BR><BR><BR>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:<BR><BR>1. Screen and identify patients who need care management per high risk criteria.<BR>2. Asses, develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive plan of care through an interdisciplinary team process in conjunction with the patient and family in internal and external settings. Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to identify problems or needs that require special planning, intervention, teaching or follow-up.<BR>3. Identify key problems, strengths and resources to be addressed in the plan of care why may include: over or under utilization of services; premature discharge from an appropriate level of care; need for specific service to improve health status; caregiver fatigue and burden; knowledge deficits,; inability to comply with plan of treatment; counseling or support needed to cope with situation; and inability to access appropriate level of care due to lack of financial resources or lack of available service.<BR>4. Actively support measures that promote effective use of resources.<BR>5. Identify, plan and arrange for appropriate services applying a knowledge of services available in the community, state, and federal health regulations and admission, discharge and medical necessity criteria. Ensure effective planning and arranging for needed services upon discharge.<BR>6. Intervene by arranging services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </font></td>
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