Pediatric ED Complex Care Manager LCSW

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Day 12 Hour (United States of America)

Department: Social Work Outpatient
Commitment: Parttime 0.6 FTE)
Schedule: This role will consist of 2 12HR Day shifts scheduled on Friday and Saturday.
Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
4 years of experience in a medical healthcare setting
Background in Behavioral Health with Pediatric Patients
Experience in an Emergency Department


Why work at Stanford Medicine Stanford Health Care (SHC)
Community; we have a large team of Social Work Clinicians
$2K for education funds
5 paid days for training / CEUs
Opportunities to be involved in committees research a teaching environment
Community engagement opportunities
SHC Social Workers are recognized as bold leaders compassionate healers educators and mentors
We are a team that celebrates uplifts and empowers our employees.

Like our fulltime employees full benefits begin the first day of the month following employment eligibility.
Our core benefits include medical insurance dental insurance vision insurance an employee assistance program savings and spending accounts disability life and accident insurance and COBRA. For medical insurance you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance Aetna or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100 coverage for preventive care telemedicine through Teledoc prescription drug coverage and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more generous leave & time off Wellness Program special programs educational assistance and adoption assistance!

This is an onsite Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
Complex Care Managers are highlyskilled licensed healthcare professionals responsible for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of health care interventions necessary for a patient to attain the optimal results from his or her plan of care. They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal selfdetermination enjoy managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative compassionate and ethical problemsolving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health care team Care Managers perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical social and financial issues that impact individual patients families and populations. Care Managers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support the patientcentered plan of care for both individual patients and the serviceline. Care Managers act as consultants to the clinical team service lines and other departments regarding patient assessment and patient care and participate in program development and quality improvement initiatives. In their role Care Managers by applying guidelines and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams influence and direct the delivery and quality of patient care.
Care Managers are assigned to a group of patients by medical specialty unit or clinic and some activities may differ depending on the needs of the population. Major responsibilities include coordinating all facets of a patients admission/discharge or outpatient visit/followup; performing utilization review activities including review of patient charts for timeliness of services as well as appropriate utilization of services; and ensuring optimum use of resources service delivery and compliance with external review agencies requirements. A healthsystem case management program has as its primary goal to ensure the most appropriate use of services by patients and toward that end to avoid duplication and misuse of medical services control costs by reducing inefficient services and improve the effectiveness of care delivery.


Locations
Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto CA; onsite)

What you will do

• Advocacy & Education: Patient/Family Self Care Management Patient/Family Health Management Education Bioethics Referrals & Management Physician Staff & Community Education Case Management Education & Training Risk Management Identification & Referral
• Clinical Care Coordination/Facilitation: Plan of Care & Outcomes Management Patient Care Integration Resource Management Patient/Family Care Conferences Interdisciplinary Care Communication/Coordination Continuity of Care Planning Management.
• Continuity/Transition Management: Capacity/Access Management & Throughput Discharge Planning SNF/Rehab/LTAC/Assisted Living Placement Board and Care/Attendant Care Placement Transportation & Travel Arrangements DME Home Health/Home Infusion Mental Health Service Coordination Hospice
• Dialysis Coordination & Arrangements Pharmaceutical Authorization/Management Community Resource Coordination Advance Directives Palliative/EndofLife Care Health Care Resource Management/ Clinical Cost Efficiency Financial Assistance/Referrals Appeals Management Entitlement Program Coordination Patient Benefits Coordination: CCS/GHPP/Medicare/MediCal/SSI
• Performance & Outcomes Management: Federal/State/Local Regulatory Agency Compliance Joint Commission Standards Compliance Clinical Documentation Education/Support Clinical Guidelines/Pathways/Evidenced Based Practice Organizational Financial Performance/Management length of Stay Cost per Case Denial Management
• Psychosocial Management: Crisis Intervention Psychosocial Assessment/Functioning Counseling Support & Referral Abuse/Neglect Identification & Referral (Partner Child Elder) Family Issues Affecting Care Coping/Emotional Adjustment Grief/Bereavement Support (Individual & Group) Adoption Resources Health/Wellness Promotion Substance Abuse Screening/Resources Psychiatric Screening/Behavior Management Staff Support and Crisis Intervention (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing)
• Research & Practice Development: Clinical Practice Improvements Evidenced Based Clinical Practice Social Work Best Practice Standards Development Social Work Competency Development Case Management Best Practice Standards Development Case Management Competency Development
• Utilization Management: Avoidable Delay Identification Intervention & Tracking Utilization Review Medical Necessity Review Care Plan Progression PreAdmission Planning Third Party Payer Communication Level of Care Appropriateness Coordination Admission Status Determination Clinical Denial Prevention

Education Qualifications

• Masters degree in work related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Three 3 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of contemporary case management principles and practice methods including assessment treatment planning utilization management and quality assurance
• Ability to use multiple electronic systems software programs and the internet to review and record information
• Knowledge of medical terminology and related levels of care and treatment
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines to provide comprehensive integrated care.
• Ability to develop and implement educational materials and presentations for all levels of learners.
• Ability to develop appropriate treatment plans communicates with interdisciplinary teams and coordinates care.
• Ability to monitor and assure the patients access to the appropriate level of care; the right health care providers; and the correct setting and services to meet the patients needs; promote coordination and continuity in patient health care
• Ability to provide ageappropriate assessments interpretation of data and delivery of interventions
• Ability to provide appropriate patient care and clinical information when patients are admitted referred transferred or discharged
• Ability to remain knowledgeable regarding available treatments and services
• Ability to resolve conflicts and/or negotiate with others to achieve positive results; establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships
• Ability to understand interpret and apply complex federal and state hospital compliance laws rules regulations and guidelines
• Knowledge of financial processes of various private and public funding sources for health care services/procedures
• Knowledge of hospital operations organization systems and procedures and laws and regulations pertaining to the operation of hospitals in California
• Knowledge of the full continuum of care available to patients interrelationships of the care components and their effective integration

Licenses and Certifications

• LCSW Licensed Medical Social Worker State Licensure or
• Nursing / RN Registered Nurse State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience


Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute CICARE standards for all of patients families and towards each other. CICARE is the foundation of Stanfords patientexperience and represents a framework for patientcentered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.



You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $54.22 $71.84 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.