Job Description

Overview

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, we consistently receive praise for care advancements.\xc3\x82 \xc3\x82

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.\xc3\x82 \xc3\x82

CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our employee well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Free Premium Membership to our Care@Work program to help employees with child care, pet care, senior caregivers, housekeepers & more.
• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft\xc3\x82
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)\xc3\x82
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs

Responsibilities

• Uses social work expertise to provide care management across the continuum for identified highest risk (complex) patients.
• Proactively acts as a patient\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s advocate, responding to and working to resolve concerns
• Provides health promotion activities and education for patients
• Optimizes patient and family independence through providing education and links to community resources
• Works with families and patients on needs that may or will affect the patient\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s health, including transportation issues, financial concerns, end of life planning, etc.
• Identifies potential barriers related to patient\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s home setting and self-care/management needs and works with patient (and caregiver) to resolve issues
• Maintains an active case load of \xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x9cat risk\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x9d patients using identification and stratification tools, direct referrals from the patient\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s healthcare team (physician, RN Population Health Coach, etc.) and other knowledge

Qualifications

Education:Master\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.

Experience: Five years of social work experience in a healthcare setting.\xc3\x82 Experience working with Medicare and Medicaid populations and related social/economic issues preferred.\xc3\x82 Experience in patient education preferred.

CommonSpirit Health