Discharge Planner-Case Mgmt-FT in Lake Havasu City, AZ at Havasu Regional Medical Center
Posted on: 18 Jan 2021
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Job Description
Job Description
Havasu Regional Medical Center
Under the Direction of RN or MSW, the Discharge Planner will assist in providing appropriate and timely discharges from the hospital, by sending referrals to community resources, such as Home Health, Hospice and Skilled Nursing Centers. Discharge Planner will follow up and coordinate the acceptance and obtain choice letters associated with such referrals.
Reports to: Director of Case Management
FLSA: Exempt
Job Requirements
Minimum Education
High School Diploma required.
An associate's degree from an accredited program in Social Work or closely related field preferred
A bachelor's degree from an accredited program in Social Work or closely related field preferred
Minimum Work Experience
Minimum one year of experience in a social services field; or in a healthcare setting. Acute Care Hospital experience is preferred.
Required Skills
Excellent organization skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Empathetic towards the needs of others.
Ability to handle stressful situations with physicians, patient, and family.
Ability to report social or financial issues to the RN or MSW to resolve problems encountered in discharge planning process.
Ability to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team and to facilitate close working relations and cooperation with community resources.
Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
LifePoint Health, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
Across our network and at our Health Support Center, we are united by a shared mission and vision, core values and guiding principles that drive everything we do and inform our approach to patient care, quality and how we do busine. We know that to achieve our vision of creating places where people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice and employees want to work, we must organize around the right strategies. At LifePoint, our strategies are simple and enduring.
Our Operating Groups
LifePoint's facilities and practices are divided into four operating divisions: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Western. Each of these divisions has a leadership team that mirrors a hospital's leadership team, including a president and dedicated physician and provider leadership resources.
Our Health Support Center
Our Health Support Center (HSC), in Brentwood, Tennessee, has subject matter expertise in every area of healthcare operations and provider services. The HSC is organized to bring resources to bear across the continuum of care, from before a patient accesses healthcare services to after they are sent home, while keeping quality and compliance at the center.
On a daily basis, our group leaders and subject matter experts are working with our local markets to help develop and implement the right strategies that ensure healthcare thrives in their communities.
Our Physicians
Physicians are a critical access point to care in our communities. We work to build and maintain collaborative relationships with both our employed physicians and a broad network of affiliated providers, and we provide a full spectrum of practice management and physician support to help secure the delivery of quality care today and for the future.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees60,000+
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