POSITION DESCRIPTION

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm) The WellMed2U SOCIAL WORKER provides psycho-social support to WellMed2U home based patients. Working with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), the Social Worker assists in facilitating patient-family meetings, providing behavioral counseling and assists with the IDT in clarification of the goals of care and the plan of care. The Social Worker assists in ensuring patient care services are coordinated, using all available company and area resources. The Social Worker coordinates with the SNP Team, appropriate hospital support departments, Case Management RNs, and Complex Care Nurses to ensure smooth transition into WellMed2U and seamless care throughout the continuum.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete a social work assessment for patients and their family/caregiver to identify social strengths, needs, and goals as it relates to their care
• Assess the patient/family psychosocial status in regard to understanding and acceptance of disease process
• Assess the need for available resources, such as financial needs, medication and nutritional needs, adaptive equipment, home modification and transportation
• Attend weekly team meetings to review patient plan of care
• Assist in patient education where needed
• Participate in on-going Quality Improvement initiatives
• Daily availability for the provider and IDT
• Participate in on-going Quality Improvement initiatives
• Assist patient with elucidation of Advanced Care Plans
• Recognize and assess for cultural diversity including communication, role of family members and special traditions when contributing to the patient's plan of care
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• LBSW
• Current unrestricted Licensure and/or certification as required by the state of Texas
• Current BLS certification
• 3-5 years of in-patient, out-patient or home-based social work
• Knowledge of end-of-life process
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Reliable transportation, ability to travel to patient homes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• LMSW & LCSW
• Prior home-based experience
• Knowledge of pain and symptom control
• Bilingual

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 380,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.