Medical Care Manager MSW or LCSW - Acute Care

About the job

In Spokane, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has several openings for an acute care medical care manager with an MSW or LCSW. These inpatient care managers provide comprehensive care management for at-risk patients, working to keep care continuous for vulnerable patients.

Providence, Washington's largest health care provider, serves Spokane, Stevens and Walla Walla counties in eastern Washington. Its medical centers offer programs in cardiology, cancer, orthopedics, neurosciences, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, women's services, and emergency and trauma care, and its not-for-profit network also runs outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

What you'll do

• Provide comprehensive, patient-centered care management to at-risk patients in acute care
• Assess patients and plan their care
• Coordinate care and plan discharges
• Document interventions, maintain regulatory compliance and advocate for patients
• Identify the resources vulnerable patients need to overcome social, financial, cognitive or behavioral, and legal barriers to care

What you need

• Both roles: a master's degree in social work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited program
• Care Manager MSW: a Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker Associate License
• Care Manager LCSW: a Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker License
• Care Manager MSW: 1 year of social work experience in a health care setting (any kind)
• Care Manager LCSW: 2 years of social work experience in a health care setting (any kind)
• Both roles: 1 year of experience in an acute care setting, or successfully completing the TIPs program or the Case Management Orientation Program

Preferred

• Care Manager MSW: ACM or CCM certification
• Both roles: a basic understanding of acute medical-surgical health care terminology and prior case management experience

Schedule

• Full-time and part-time openings
• Shifts vary; multiple shifts are available

Benefits

• A sign-on bonus for eligible rehires and outside candidates who meet the required qualifications and payment conditions
• A 401(k) savings plan with employer matching
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Time off, including paid parental leave, vacations, holidays and time for health issues
• Voluntary benefits and well-being resources
• Pay beyond the base rate may be available, such as shift differentials, standby or on-call pay, overtime, premiums, extra-shift incentives or bonuses