Manager Social Work Care Management

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June 19, 2025

Job Description

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Ambulatory Care Management

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0. 9 and 1. 0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:30:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $38.02 - $61.88 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:
The Manager of Social Work Care Management has specialized knowledge, education, and experience in the fields of human behavior, psychology, social work. The Manager is responsible for program development, hiring and staff development, and operational oversight of key programs in the department. The Manager collaborates with a multidisciplinary team as well as both inpatient and outpatient teams to facilitate effective care management, coordination of services at the appropriate level of care, and implement sustainable transition plans. The Manager acts as a role model within the team and is attuned to the cultural needs and health care disparity issues that may be inhibiting patients/caregivers’ engagement in their health care. The individual who holds this position exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Other information:
Required Job Qualifications:
•Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited university required.
•Current State of Illinois licensure as a Social Worker, LCSW, required.
•At least two years of experience supervising social workers required.
•At least five years of experience working as an LCSW required.
•Experience related to psychosocial issues, crisis management, conflict resolution, and person-centered
planning and care transitions.
•Skilled educator and communicator. Excellent interpersonal and team building skills, and ability to
collaborate effectively with physicians, nurses, and other staff.
•Process improvement skills, ability to perform tasks independently, prioritize workload, problem-solve,
and analyze data.
•Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite.
•Demonstrated effective problem solving skills in a health care setting, preferably an academic medical
center
•Demonstrates the ability to address psychosocial barriers that are inhibiting a patient’s adherence to
managing medical recommendations needed to achieve good health outcomes.
•Ability to travel throughout the Medical Center.

Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities:
•Responsible for managing staff with complex patient caseloads.
•Advocates for patient/family/caregiver needs and facilitates referrals for continuity of care. Provides crisis
intervention when needed.
•Provides leadership, support and clinical expertise within inpatient and ambulatory Care Management
teams to achieve desired outcomes.
•Responsible for maintaining policies and procedures, develops and updates guidelines and/or survival
manuals on clinical area specific CM tasks, and functions as a super user for EPIC training and
development.
•Assists in program development and process improvement.
•Collaborates in complex cases that are escalated to management in order to provide proactive care
planning, coordinated transition plans, and implements readmission avoidance strategies.
•Serves as a resource to physicians, nurses, peers, and care management staff in managing complex cases
and resolving issues.
•Provides leadership and facilitates communication between the ambulatory and inpatient settings to
ensure effective and sustainable care transitions from hospital to home and care plans within community
care settings.
•Supports team education and training functions related to complex psychosocial issues and transitions in
care coordination.
•Conducts education for staff including social work and nurse care managers, patient care navigators,
physicians, and allied health professionals as requested.
•Coordinates interdisciplinary conferences, serves on committees, and leads work groups to address
psychosocial/care coordination issues.
•Maintains relationships with referring Rush clinics through consistent and timely communication.
•Contributes to program and goal development and best practice standards.
•Models and maintains a quality-based, patient-centered approach to achieve department and institutional
goals and process improvements.
•Supports customer satisfaction among persons, families, physicians, external case managers, payers,
vendors, and inpatient staff.
•Participates in research to evaluate project initiatives. Applies evidenced based practice.
•Other duties as assigned.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

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•Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
•Handles diverse problems of a non-repetitive nature.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Business Unit: RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center

Department: Hematology

Work Type: Full-Time - 40 Hours per week (1. 0 FTE)

Shift: 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Work Schedule: 10-Hour Shifts - Monday to Friday

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www. rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $84,760.00 - $151,715.20 per year

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:
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2.Coordinates/Schedules admissions, surgeries, laboratory testing, radiographic exam, and infusion.
3.Performs basic administrative tasks related to role
4.Establishes plan for venous access via assessment of peripheral veins.
5.Performs nursing procedures per policy.
6.Assists providers with procedures utilizing appropriate technique.
7.Assesses patient and family learning style to provide ongoing education regarding diagnosis, staging, treatment, side effects and self-care.
8.Provides detailed documentation in the electronic medical record to support assessment and interventions
Critical Thinking1. Reviews medical records to ensure completeness as applicable for patient
diagnosis and staging. Requests additional medical records as needed
2.Ensures new patients are scheduled for appropriate providers based upon
assessment of patient and collaborates to alter plan as needed
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7.Assesses patient compliance with treatment plan
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7.Participates in the orientation and education of health care team members
8.Serves as key member of multi-disciplinary team supporting patient cohesiveness, efficiency, and patient focused care.

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Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: 10 E Tower-MICU

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0. 9 and 1. 0)

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Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $40.05 - $61.28 per hour
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Summary:
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2.Maintain current BLS certification.
3.Earned nursing degree at the baccalaureate level or higher (except RN1s hired and already working at Rush University Medical Center before October, 2012). All transfers from other Rush entities must have an earned nursing degree at the baccalaureate level or higher prior to transfer into Rush University Medical Center or Rush University Medical Group.
a.May accept Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN) effective 1/9/23 up until approved number of ADN hires by Chief Nursing Officer is met with the following stipulations:
i.Baccalaureate degree must be earned within timeframe outlined in the ADN Condition of Employment.
ii.All Conditions of Employment as outline in Offer Letter must be met. Failure to do so will result in termination.
Skills:
1.Analytical ability is required.
2.Communication skills are required in order to lead and teach.
3.Ability to interact effectively with others in difficult situations.
Abilities:
1.Work requires the ability to walk throughout the Medical Center and to be standing or walking most of the designated shift.
2.Work requires lifting or carrying objects 35-40lbs. and lifting and positioning patients, some of whom may exceed 300 lbs.
3.The ability to check documents for errors, use a keyboard to enter or retrieve data, and closely examine specimens, images or reports is required.
4.Work conditions include performing procedures where carelessness could result in injury or illness and/or contact with potentially infectious materials and/or strong chemical agents.

Responsibilities:
1.Participates in the collection of data to support unit based quality initiatives, research and evidence based activities.
2.Utilizes system wide resources to support decision making and action.
3.Recognizes patterns/groupings of problems in a specific patient population that require investigation and initiates actions to
address.
4.Communicates current evidence-based information with peers.
5.Establishes a caring, therapeutic relationship with patients and families through effective communication, acknowledgement of
patient/family perceptions of health and illness and mutual goal setting for optimal outcomes.
6.Collaborates consistently and effectively with other disciplines and services to meet the needs of patients/families.
7.Utilizes competent assessment skills to holistically evaluate the physical and psychosocial needs of patients and families.
8.Demonstrates the ability to prioritize care for complex patients based on knowledge acquired from previous clinical experiences.
9.Recognizes changes in patient status and consistently responds effectively.
10.Demonstrates consistent safe and effective use of medical devices in the delivery of patient care.
11.Demonstrates accountability for implementing policies related to safe and effective administration of medications.
12.Assesses patient safety needs consistently and implements appropriate strategies (fall precautions, infection control, suicide
risk patient identification) to minimize risk.
13.Individualizes teaching plans based on a thorough assessment to meet the learning needs of patients and families.
14.Demonstrates the ability to provide education to staff and students on the unit.
15.Demonstrates beginning leadership skills related to patient care.
16.Delegates effectively and consistently to optimize patient outcomes.
17.Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice, including progress toward achievement of annual goals.
18. Other duties as assigned.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.