Social Worker 2
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Job Description
Job Id: 62810
Position: Social Worker 2
Department: TN DOH
Location: 1301 Riverfront Parkway Suite 209 Chattanooga Tennessee 37402
Duration: 3 Months
Shift: 8:00 Am To 4:30 Pm
Job Description:
Team Lead:
- Functions as supervisor of the team as well as ful fills the other duties outlined below.
- Creates work schedule of team members.
- Solicits feedback from primary care staff to identify and prioritize needs.
- Develop workflow for referrals followup tracking and other tasks in conjunction with
- regional and local health department leadership.
- Assists in data collection on the efficacy of the clinical care team.
- Functions within the team as a Social Worker or Social Counselor also performing the duties below.
- Performs tasks consistent with social work such as referring and coordinating services identifying risk factors assessing and addressing relevant patient needs such as educational medical psychosocial and financial as needed to assess the needs of clients.
Job Duties:
- The Clinical Care Team will take referrals from primary care providers and will work with the primary care team to accomplish the following tasks:
- Social support navigation for social determinants of health (SDOH) such as food insecurity housing insecurity etc.
- Compile and maintain a resource list for SDOH resources including eligibility criteria referral process and contact information
- Collaborate with primary care nurse and providers
- Provide inperson or remote social needs screening/assessment with primary care patients referred by a nurse or provider
- Coordinate or make aware of social services resources i.e. housing clothing food mental health services etc.
- Collaborate with other social workers to identify patient and community resources
Conduct case management activities
- Work with hospitals for discharge planning followup and education
- Assist with obtaining patient records from hospitals
- Assist in securing needed medical equipment through community partners
- Conduct followup on care plans
- Identify patients lost to followup or overdue for care and assist them in returning to care
May assist with specialty referral navigation
- Schedule coordinate and track nonBCS specialist and imaging referrals
- Assist with obtaining patient records from specialists and imaging centers
- Compile and maintain a resource list for specialty referrals including eligibility criteria referral process cost and contact information
- Assist patients in locating and accessing lowcost prescription options such as patient assistance programs and discount retailers.
- May assist with patient assistance program applications and serve as a patientprovider liaison with drug companies
- Assist patients with applications for programs such as CoverRx and RxOutreach
- May help with other regional primary carebased initiatives with a social work component
- Documents in patients record updates consults and tags provider and/or clinical staff as necessary
- Provide patient education or find appropriate education resources
Expectations may include:
- Complete onboarding and orientation
- Participate in regional office and primary care clinical meetings as requested
- Attend provider meetings as requested
- Attend Health Councils and other community meetings to build relationships with social service agencies and promote health department services
- Identify barriers to care or assistance experienced by our patients and seek ways to address them
- Personal Computer
- Telephone
- Fax Machine
- Printer
- Scanner
- Copy Machine
- Calculator
- Personal Vehicle
Other office related equipment as required
Employment Type
Full Time
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