| JOB TITLE: Social Worker LOCATION: 1155 East Mtn Blvd Wilkes Barre DEPARTMENT:Womens Health WORK SCHEDULE: Days WORK TYPE: Part time .5 FTE 40 hours biweekly payperiod JOB SUMMARY: Care Management facilitates the achievement of client wellness and autonomy through advocacy, assessment, planning, communication, education, resource management and service facilitation across GHS continuum of care, focusing on positive health outcomes for the individual in a resource and cost effective manner. Applies national standards of care to all patients. Utilizing the medical-social model, the Care Manager coordinates interdisciplinary care of a select caseload of patients and helps ensure that patients receive care in the sequence and setting that is most appropriate in assisting patients to achieve their highest level of function and return to the least restrictive environment. Provides appropriate psychosocial interventions to address personal or emotional problems that may affect the patients' pregnancy outcome. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family experience by optimizing all customer interaction. Foster a positive work environment through mutual support and cooperation and adheres to GHS and unit specific Service Standards. Accountable to the Manager, Care Management. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Demonstrates good organizational skills. Demonstrates computer skills. Demonstrates effective communication skills. Demonstrates ability to manage psychosocial issues of patients and make use of appropriate support services. Demonstrates ability to multi-task and problem solve. Demonstrates ability to both lead and be a member of a team. Demonstrates ability to build strong relationships with community resources and complete discharge documentation. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited university required. Ability to obtain Social Work licensure and Care Management certification within five years of employment in Care Management Department required. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is typically performed in an outpatient clinic. The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER: (GWV), located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is an acute care hospital that is licensed for 274 beds, and houses the only Level II Trauma center in Luzerne County. The campus includes the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, The Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital, the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Unit, a transplant program and the Brain & Spine Tumor Institute. Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre is GWV’s ambulatory campus. About Geisinger One of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. ** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. *Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit. | 
