Home Health: Medical Social Worker (LSW/LGSW/LISW/LICSW) - North Central Metro

The Medical Social Worker is primarily responsible for the implementation of standards of care for medical social work services and as defined by the state Medical Social Work Practice Act. Secondarily, assist with the execution of navigation services to assist referrals with navigating the healthcare system, converting the referral to a consultation or start of care, and generating revenue. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: referral management, support of care management and skilled service team activities, and Guidance program management.

Social Worker Wage: $56,000-$88,000 annually, depending on experience - (wage dependent on license: LSW, LGSW, LISW, LICSW)

Position: Licensed Social Worker (MSW)

Service Area: North Central Metro (coverage area: Anoka, Bethel, Brooklyn Park, St. Francis, Crystal Bay and surrounding area/cities). Plus, mileage reimbursement of 72.5 cents per mile.

Schedule: Full-time 1.0 FTE, Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (no weekend, holiday or on-call rotation required)

Lifespark Benefits Include:  

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable}
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Referral bonuses
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Functions & Responsibilities:

• Performs accurate and comprehensive assessments.
• Obtains physician orders for certification and recertification of home medical social work services.
• Coordinates care planning and delivery with the physician, client/family, other healthcare team members and HHA staff to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
• Delivers medical social work modalities and interventions appropriate to the client’s clinical status and needs, and in accordance with the standard of care for client’s age.
• Provides, modifies or discontinues medical social work modalities and interventions based upon an ongoing assessment/reassessment of the client’s clinical status and in accordance with physician orders.
• Synthesizes assessment data and analyzes data to make clinical judgments regarding client management.
• Provides medical social work modalities in an environment that optimizes client safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Completes ACP (advanced care planning) as requested.
• Ensures that changes in clients’ clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA office staff verbally and in writing in a timely manner.
• Ensures that physician orders are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA staff in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
• Educates client/family and other staff as appropriate, in appropriate medical social work modalities and interventions.
• Honors client confidentiality, rights, privacy, and reporting maltreatment expectations.
• Follow all Emergency and Response Procedures.
• Identifies home safety issues and notifies RN Case Manager or Clinical Manager of concerns or issues.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Injury – Now What? Follows protocols.
• Overview of Process, Types of Reports and Forms.
• Follow-up Required – Escalating Event.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of one year of experience in health care.
• Experience in a home health care setting preferred.
• Graduate of a bachelor’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Current and active Medical Social Worker license in the state of Minnesota.
• Must pass a MVR check based on Lifespark company policy.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired.

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. 

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