Northwestern Medicine · 6 days ago
Case Manager/Social Worker-ED McHenry Part-time Days
McHenry, IL
Part-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expNorthwestern Medicine is a leader in the healthcare industry, committed to providing patient-first care. The Case Manager/Social Worker will develop individualized treatment plans, coordinate care conferences, and advocate for patients' rights while ensuring compliance with healthcare standards.
Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNutritionRehabilitation
Responsibilities
Develops individualized treatment plans for patients, in collaboration with the patient, their family and the health care team
Coordinates and leads care conferences on patients with length of stays greater than 7 days
Documents unusual occurrences and patient relations issues; makes appropriate referrals to risk management, infection control and quality departments
Assesses patient and family needs for appropriate discharge services
Coordinates transfer to appropriate level of care such as skilled care, rehabilitation, custodial and home health care for complex care
Documents discharge planning on the interdisciplinary plan of care, in progress notes and education record (when applicable)
Maintains current knowledge of resources available in the community to support a continuum of effective services for the patient
Delivers notice of Medicare discharge appeal rights within the appropriate time frame
Delivers detailed notice of discharge upon discharge appeal for social work cases
Performs medical record review to assess for appropriateness of admissions and continued hospital stay for assigned patients
Monitors avoidable days and recommends change in services or processes
Ensures compliance with managed care contracts and length of stay targets while maintaining quality of care
Develops and educates staff to reduce length of stay and resource consumption while maintaining quality of care
Distributes hospital issued non coverage notices
Identifies appropriate cases requiring social work services
Collaborates with physicians and other healthcare personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient's health problems
Advocates for patients’ rights within the healthcare community to access resources to improve compliance and quality of life
Identifies and validates patient and family psychosocial needs that impact compliance to medical treatment plan through individual or group conferences to help the patient understand, accept and follow medical recommendations
Provides appropriate services and referrals to restore and motivate the patient to seek optimum social and health adjustment within the patient's capacity
Utilizes available community resources to assist patients to resume their lives in the community and to learn to adapt within limits of disability
Prepares patient histories, service plans and reports; provides consistent, accurate documentation of social work activities
Provides emotional support and counseling to patients and their families to assist them in coping with illness, hospitalizations, the dying process, and financial management
Reports abuse, neglect, domestic violence and other required cases to appropriate authorities and provides education and guidance to other mandated reporters when they encounter abuse and neglect patient cases
Assists with transfer of patients to appropriate treatment facilities including substance abuse and psychiatric facilities
Initiates discussions with families regarding organ and tissue donation; facilitates referrals to appropriate agencies
Serves as a liaison to the ethics committee and actively assists patients and families with decision making involving complex ethical questions
Performs crisis intervention with patient and family situations; responds to crisis situations in the ER and ICU
Assesses and transfers patients with acute psychiatric illness who require inpatient psychiatric care to the appropriate facility
Assesses at risk patients for goals of care conversations and initiates conversations
Communicates plan of care with attending physician and interdisciplinary teams
Develops programs and educates patients and families on advance directives
Provides patient, staff and community education on topics related to health and psychosocial issues
Member of the Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care interdisciplinary team
Participates in PMSC care conferences, Goals of Care conversations, and family meetings
Performs all discharge planning duties for inpatient PMSC patients
Primary social work source for inpatient PMSC patients for care coordination, providing emotional support, community resource allocation, and communication between the inpatient and PMSC outpatient social work team
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in social work
Licensed clinical social worker in the state of Illinois (LCSW)
3 to 5 years work experience in hospital setting or related setting
Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Loan forgiveness
401(k) matching
Lifecycle benefits
Company
Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Northwestern Medicine has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (75)
2024 (66)
2023 (70)
2022 (78)
2021 (35)
2020 (39)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25M2018-06-26Grant· $25M
Leadership Team
Howard Chrisman, MD
President and CEO
John A. Orsini, CPA
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-13
Near North Health
2025-12-01
Company data provided by crunchbase