Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

Resource Specialist - Social Worker

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics  •  Claremont, NH (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Provides assistance to patient/families and health care providers to identify, provide information, and facilitate access to tangible and supportive services related to patient health care needs.

Responsibilities

  • Acts as an advocate on behalf of patients/families in obtaining needed services and/or resources for which they are eligible.
  • Updates information resource information directory and maintains related literature & applications for distribution to staff and families in specific area of concentration.
  • Documents services provided in patient’s medical record and applicable databases.
  • Negotiates and advocates access for patients to selected skilled, acute or long term care facilities. Identifies available transportation resources and negotiates with patient/family for cost effective, safe transportation.
  • Works with patient/family to assess patient eligibility for medication, co-pay and additional resource assistance.
  • Facilitates the patients/families application to public and private government and community agencies, primarily Medicaid.
  • Provides information and assistance to patients/families to secure financial and health assistance, organization financial assistance, and other governmental programs.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned.
  • Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Social Work or Human Service field or the equivalent in education and experience required.
    • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills required.

    Required Licensure/Certifications

    • BLS within 30 days
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    About Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Industry
    Healthcare & Social Services
    Company Size
    5,001-10,000 employees
    Headquarters
    Lebanon, New Hampshire
    Year Founded
    Unknown
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