CHI
Overview
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CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.
Responsibilities
- Providing developmentally appropriate care for all populations served: plan for the safe discharge and continuity of care; recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages, the physically disabled, mentally ill, chronically ill, terminally ill, and vulnerable patients.
- Advocacy and education: patient/family self-care management; patient/family health management education; bioethics referrals and management; physician, staff, and community education; case/care management/coordination education and training; risk management identification and referral.
- Psychosocial management: crisis intervention; psychosocial assessment/functioning; counseling support and referral; abuse/neglect/trafficking identification, assessment, and referral; family issues affecting care; coping/emotional adjustment; grief/bereavement support; adoption, surrogacy, and safe surrender support, management, and resources; health/wellness promotion; substance abuse screening, management, and resources; psychiatric screening, management, and resources; staff support; assessment and addressing of social determinants of health (e.g., housing and food insecurity, transportation).
- Patient/Family Care Conferences: interdisciplinary care communication/coordination related to continuity/transitions of care planning and management.
- Continuity/Transition Management: facilitate patient decisions and communications regarding post-acute care; knowledge of community resources related to clinical social work scope of service; maintain up-to-date resource lists; educate patients/families about community resources; coordinate mental health service and support; provide care for grave disability, palliative/end-of-life, and hospice needs; manage transition planning for psychosocially complex cases.
- Community Resource Coordination: life-care planning; guidance on health care resource management; education on insurance/support programs; build and maintain community relationships to address social determinants of health needs, including homelessness.
- Performance & Outcomes Management: understand and apply regulatory guidelines and accreditation standards; implement evidence-based practices; support financial performance, length of stay, cost per case, readmission prevention, and revenue cycle goals.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (or willingness to enter a Master’s Degree program) from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
License/Certification: Social Work
Pay Range
$22.89 - $33.20 /hour
Employment details
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Health Care Provider
- Industries: Hospitals and Health Care