Care Manager BSW

Job Description

Job Description

CARE MANAGER, BSW – Fulton & Dekalb County

Visiting Nurse Health System (Visiting Nurse) is hiring for a dynamic with a high EQ Care Manager, BSW, for our Members in Fayette and Coweta County. We seek a Social Worker, BSW, for our Service Option Using Resources in a Community (SOURCE) team who is a calm, compassionate, and empathetic presence, understanding and caring about our Members and meeting their needs. We serve marginalized and vulnerable communities, and in this role, it's not just about being a Care Manager; it's about being a significant part of our Members' care paths while representing and embodying the values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Stewardship, and Care that Visiting Nurse lives by. Care Managers who join Visiting Nurse believe this is a calling in their life, understand the importance of Member care, and ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect. Our corporate office is located at 30346 Dunwoody, GA, where this person will work.

Who is Visiting Nurse Health System...

Serving the Atlanta Area for over 75 years, Visiting Nurse is a leading provider of home healthcare, long-term care at home, hospice, and palliative care services, helping patients and their loved ones receive care at home following an illness, surgery, or hospital stay.

Our vision is to be the first choice for patients, families, payers, and other healthcare providers when they need home healthcare services. To achieve patient and employee satisfaction scores and clinical outcomes within the top 10 percent of all home healthcare providers in the U.S. To continue to invest in our strong community partnerships, coordinated care solutions, top-performing workforce, and innovative technologies to improve affordability throughout the healthcare continuum. To be a financially strong organization where healthcare professionals prefer to work. For more information about Visiting Nurse, please visit vnhs.org.

In this position you will perform...

Coordination of Services

• Maintains current knowledge of and arranges both SOURCE and non-SOURCE community-based services in collaboration with the Nurse Care Manager, the Member / caregiver.
• Monitors service delivery to each Member; follows-up on each service to determine if the service is appropriate and if it is effectively meeting the Member’s needs
• Develops appropriate Carepath specific to each Member’s condition and needs in consultation with the Member, Member’s caregiver, Nurse Care Manager, and service providers
• Identifies changes in Member condition / needs and adjusts the Carepath accordingly at every Carepath review Completes GDS, MMSE, falls assessment, and other advanced assessments as indicated including documentation and follow-up as determined by the advanced assessment score
• Documents all care management activity and service-related information, as required by DCH & VNHS policy or as directed by management, on a daily basis and ensuring a professional, non-bias and grammatically correct format
• Approves type and frequency of services appropriate to the Member’s needs while assuring that costs do not exceed the limitations established by the Division of Aging Services and the Department of Community Health.
• Complies with standards of promptness set forth by DCH and VNHS policy regarding specific activities :

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Benefits :

Visiting Nurse is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants based on based on race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, military and veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, reproductive health decision-making, lawful off-duty use of marijuana, any other characteristic protected by law, or any combination of two or more of the characteristics listed here. If you need an accommodation to complete an online application, please contact Visiting Nurse at 404-215-6100. #INDP4