Dir - Case Mgmt
Overview:
At Lehigh Regional Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, a Top-15 hospital system in the United States, Lehigh Regional Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!
Lehigh Regional Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission with the Gold Seal of Approval as a 53-bed acute-care community hospital. The hospital provides specialty care services that include Emergency Services, Cardiology, Critical Care, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Nephrology, and Orthopedics, delivering patient-centered healthcare with dignity and respect for all.For more information visit www.lehighregional.com.
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Responsibilities:
The Director of Case Management is responsible for the development of staff and systems to effectively operate a comprehensive Case Management Program. Provides leadership and supervision to case managers, social workers and case management coordinators/discharge planners.Assesses needs and plans, communicates and designs services that are appropriate to the hospital mission and patient/family needs. Integrates and coordinates services using continuous quality improvement tools.
Qualifications:
Education and Work Experience
Required qualifications:- Licensed clinician in your state.
- Grandfathered prior to April 1, 2015. Minimum 5 years’ post graduate of an accredited school of Social Work for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Case Management position.
- Must have analytical ability for problem identification and assessment and evaluation of data/statistics obtained from an on-going review process.
- Experience and knowledge in basic to intermediate computer skills.
- Behavioral Violence Prevention Training within 3 months of hire and maintain current.
- Certification in Case Management, BS or BSN or related field preferred.
- Current BCLS (AHA) certificate preferred.
- Knowledge of Milliman Criteria and InterQual Criteria preferred.