Continuing Care Social Worker

As an Outpatient Care Coordinator Social Worker, you will provide critical support and meticulous coordination, ensuring a seamless and integrated healthcare experience for patients navigating outpatient services.

Every day you will expertly assess patient needs, facilitate appointments and referrals, educate patients on their care plans, and meticulously collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes and enhance patient engagement.

To be successful, you will demonstrate outstanding organizational skills, strong communication abilities, and an empathetic, proactive demeanor, contributing significantly to patient satisfaction and adherence to treatment regimens

• Assists in the identification of member populations needing care coordination and social work intervention.
• Acts as a liaison with patients and families to physicians, clinical staff, community resources and others.
• Conducts a psychosocial assessment and acts as a patient’s advocate, by responding to and working with patients to address needs and resolve their concerns.
• Provides Health Promotion activities and education for patients.
• Functions as an active team member by effectively collaborating, communicating and coordinating among all responsible parties of an individual patient’s multidisciplinary health care team striving to eliminate fragmentation, duplication or gaps in health care.
• Optimizes patient and family independence and self determination by providing education and health coaching, and assisting with improving problem solving and coping skills as needed.

Required

• Bachelor's in Social Work (BSW)
• Certified Social Worker (CSW) in Nebraska

Preferred

• 3-5 years of experience

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.