About this role
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Coordinates the care and services of selected patient populations across the continuum of illness; promotes effective utilization and monitoring of health care resources; and assumes a leadership role with the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient-centered, clinical and resource outcomes. Proactively identifies and intervenes to address barriers to treatment, health outcomes and discharge planning including biopsychosocial and other high risk factors. Serves as an important link between the patient, the healthcare team, the payor and the community. Actively participates in mentorship, training, and process improvement within their assigned team.
EDUCATION:
Master's in social work from an accredited school of social work.
Case management accreditation required by a nationally recognized accrediting body for case management (examples: CCM, ACM or ANCC certifications), or an LICSW in good standing with the State of Vermont, or working towards accreditation and will complete within six (6) months of hire.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of (3) years of experience in the University of Vermont Health Network.
Other facts
About University of Vermont Health Network
Working together to better serve our communities makes us stronger, focused on collaboration instead of competition. As a team, The University of Vermont Health Network improves the lives of our patients by delivering outstanding care cost-effectively, as close to patients' homes as possible.
Our hospitals and physicians are bringing the best of community and academic medicine together, sharing their knowledge and resources to give patients access to leading-edge technology, advanced treatment options and the highest level of compassionate care are the heart and science of medicine.
The University of Vermont Health Network cares for communities on both sides of Lake Champlain, from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains and beyond. Members include:
The University of Vermont Medical Center, formerly known as Fletcher Allen Health Care, and affiliated with the University of Vermont Colleges of Medicine and Nursing and Health Sciences
Alice Hyde Medical Center
Central Vermont Medical Center
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Our network was created in October 2011 when Fletcher Allen in Burlington, Vermont, and Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vermont, signed an affiliation agreement. In January 2013, New York partners Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh and Elizabethtown Community Hospital in Elizabethtown joined the affiliation. In 2016, Alice Hyde Medical Center joined. The network was originally called Fletcher Allen Partners.
What you'll do
- Coordinates care and services for selected patient populations, promoting effective utilization of healthcare resources. Acts as a liaison between patients, healthcare teams, payors, and the community while addressing barriers to treatment and discharge planning.
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