About this role
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
The Care Coordinator will be responsible for working with neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, families, medical staff and community agencies to determine the appropriate setting of care and appropriateness of hospitalization, as well as to assess post hospital care needs. Provides the necessary interventions in order to assure effective and efficient clinical resource management. Provides intervention regarding adjustment to hospitalization, crisis intervention and psychosocial assessment. Will be actively involved in Discharge Planning and Utilization Review in a progressive acute care setting.
Qualifications
REQUIRED
- Masters of Social Work (MSW) OR Bachelor’s degree in health-related field.
PREFERRED
- Three (3) years of experience in case management, social services or related field.
- One (1) year of experience in utilization review.
- Certified Case Manager.
Work Hours:
7AM-730PM
Weekend Requirements:
Yes
On-Call Requirements:
No
Other facts
About Northside Hospital Inc.
Northside Hospital — a certified Great Place To Work® — is one of Georgia’s top health systems. We have acute-care hospitals in Atlanta, Canton, Cumming, Duluth and Lawrenceville and hundreds of outpatient locations across the state. Northside Hospital leads the U.S. in newborn deliveries and is among the state’s top providers of cancer care, sports medicine, cardiovascular and surgical services.
What you'll do
- The Care Coordinator will work with patients of all ages and their families to assess care needs and determine appropriate settings for hospitalization. They will also be involved in discharge planning and utilization review in an acute care setting.
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