Summary
JOB SUMMARY:
To facilitate discharge planning in line with goals for length of stays related to difficult to place, high-cost and escalated patients. The Complex Care Social Worker will use a multi-step escalation protocol to identify those patients with barriers that prevent an effective discharge within the goals for length of stay. In conjunction with the interdisciplinary team the Complex Care Social Worker will assume responsibility for the escalated patients in accordance with set standards for discharge planning. The Complex Care Social Worker will also monitor the difficult to place and high-cost patient to identify early intervention opportunities to effect a discharge in a timely and cost-saving manner within the accepted utilization review guidelines.
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Additional Information
As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive to CARE BRAVELY for over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.