Inpatient Care Navigator Social Worker, Day Shift, Care Navigation

Shady Grove Medical Center

Shady Grove seeks to hire an Inpatient Care Navigator Social Worker for our Care Navigation Team who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

• Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessment with focus on patient’s requirements as they transition to the next level of care
• Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other disciplines involved with care of the patient to foster a coordinated approach to discharge planning
• Identifies and navigates patient testing and treatment to reduce barriers to patient discharge and preventing delays in patient care; communicates barriers to leadership for resolution and trending
• Communicates with Utilization Review staff on any denials, issues or barriers to discharge
• Identifies services and resources available in the community and assists with patient connection to these services
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Rounds and other patient care conferences
• Documents assessments and interventions according to departmental standards
• Participates in process improvement activities

• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or Master of Social Work (MSW)
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in diverse clinical setting is required
• Prior case management or discharge planning experience is preferred
• Prior experience with Cerner EMR is preferred
• LBSW, LMSW, LCSW
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Employment Type:

Full-time Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week Typical Daily

Schedule:

Monday through Friday Shift Type:
Days Weekend Requirements:
Every other weekend rotation Holiday Requirements:
Follow company holiday calendar Shift Differential Eligible:
Yes Pay Range: $71,932.12 - $

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:
United States of America (Exempt)

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist Health Care has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care.

Adventist Health Care was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

Consider joining our team of over 6,000 employees and become part of one of the longest serving healthcare systems in the Washington, D.C., area that has a long-standing tradition as the largest provider of charity care and community benefit in Montgomery County.

Adventist Health Care strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist Health Care will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist Health Care will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

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