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Job Title

Social Worker Ambulatory - Center for Family Medicine

                        

Location

Akron

                    

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

                     

Department

Community Health-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

                      

Job Code

T98837

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.   

As a Social Worker, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, provide crisis intervention, and connect patients at the Center for Family Medicine (CFM) with community resources, while also participating in shared medical appointments and leading the department’s prescription assistance program to support patient needs. In this role, you will assist patients, families and groups in achieving improved health outcomes by identifying and addressing obstacles that limit their ability to use health resources effectively. As a vital member of the health care team, this position interfaces daily with providers to facilitate transitions of care and address the psychosocial, financial and medication-compliance needs of patients.

A caregiver in this role works days from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist patients, families and groups in achieving improved health outcomes by reducing or removing obstacles that interfere with ability to use health resources effectively.  

• Plan interventions based on care coordination, population health and patient-centered medical home philosophies. 

• Assess psychosocial risk factors of patient, family, community or population related to level of functioning, appropriate and adequate support systems, ability to cope with adversity and reaction to illness. 

• Develop plans of care for patients or populations based on current situation and assess needs of the patient, caregiver and community or the population to be served. 

• Participate in care coordination and transition management as patients and populations move across the healthcare continuum. 

• Collaborate with post-acute providers to meet the needs of complex patients between ambulatory care visits.  

• Obtain social work or case management certification within one year of eligibility. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master’s degree in social work (MSW). 

• Current state licensure as a Social Worker. Eligible licensures include: LSW, LISW, LISW-S or PC

• Social Work or Case Management certification (CCM) within one year of eligibility

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

• Experience in ambulatory care, hospital patient care or related field

• Knowledge of community resources and ability to coordinate care across transition points in the healthcare continuum

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Prior experience working the medical students and resident physicians

• Knowledgeable about the community and the resources that exist therein

• Experience as a Social Worker (2+ years)

Physical Requirements:

• May require periods of standing, sitting and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the campus and enterprise as well as community settings for care planning and to attend meetings.

• Requires good visual and hearing acuity through normal corrected means.

• Requires manual dexterity to document in EHR and work with office equipment and other technology as required.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• None required

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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