Social Worker/SS Discharge Planner - Case Management - Weekend Option

CoxHealth
  • Springfield, Missouri
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    Facility:

    CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

    Department:

    1085 Case Management South

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    32

    Hours:

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM Saturday/Sunday

    Work Shift:

    Day Shift (United States of America)

    CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

     

    • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

    • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group

    • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

    • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

     

    Benefits

    • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)  

    • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

    Job Description:

    Provides supportive advocacy to patients and their families as part of an interdisciplinary health care team to overcome barriers to progression-of-care and facilitate a safe and coordinated discharge to the community. Services may include parenting issues, substance abuse, stress management, adjustment to illness, trauma and bereavement, geriatric depression, and other mental health or emotional difficulties that impede the patient’s progression of care.
    Job Description

    Education:

    • Required: Bachelor's degree in a related field
    • Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
    • Preferred: Master's Degree in Social Work

    Experience:
    No Prior Experience Required
    Recent work experience in health care preferred

    Skills:
    Good communication skills – Ability to communicate effectively in written format and/or oral presentations
    Strong analytical & problem solving skills; semi-independent in decision making
    Ability to maintain organization in a changing environment
    Exhibit initiative, responsibility & flexibility
    Must be able to initiate and understand research related to projects
    Learn and appropriately utilize all required computer applications, including but not limited to E-mail, Windows-based or Microsoft programs
    Ability to write effective documentation for processes and procedures.
    Ability to make routine decisions in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
    Appropriate assessment skills

    Licensure/Certification/Registration:
    License in Social work preferred
    Eligible to sit for, and successfully pass the test of certification as a certified Case Manager (CCM) or Accredited Care Manager (ACM) preferred

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSpringfield, Missouri
    Websitecoxhealth.com/employees/benefits

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Case Managementunmatched
    • Certified Case Manager (CCM)unmatched
    • Claims Processingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Geriatricsunmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • Hospitalunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Psychiatry and Mental Healthunmatched
    • Social Workunmatched
    • Substance Abuseunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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