Instructor - Rehabilitation jobs in Springfield, MO

Why NHC / Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center?
At NHC / Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center , we “Put our Heart in Everything We Do!” We take pride in working together as a team in our family-oriented work environment. We provide a culture of excellence, recognition, empowerment, and fun. We offer professional growth opportunities along with competitive compensation wage increases based on performance. If you want this experience in your career, apply today!

Social worker (BSW) - Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center

Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center is a post acute skilled nursing HealthCare Center with a beautiful new 30 bed rehab wing located on a private and spacious campus in Springfield, MO. We are looking for a FULL TIME Social Worker to join our team The qualified applicant for this position should hold at least a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited program and have knowledge of the case management process and needs of geriatric patients, including funding resources.

Benefits we offer:
Earned Time Off
Holiday Incentive Pay
Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
401k with generous company contributions
Advancement Opportunities

Position Highlights:

• Share current information available about funding resources.
• Work with individual patients and families toward adjustment to center life and to crises of illness, disability, and death.
• Serve in an advocacy role for patients and their families in expressing, defining and resolving grievances.
• Coordinate discharge planning functions.
• Participate in developing patient care plans in cooperation with individuals from other disciplines.
• Evaluate the quality of social services as part of the center’s overall quality improvement program.
• Develop and maintain contacts with appropriate community agencies.
• Handle some marketing activities/functions assigned by SWS Department Head.
• Other duties which may be assigned by Director of Social Work Services.
• Understand and abide by established policies of health care center and interpret them to concerned parties.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the case management process needs of geriatric patients, health care settings, working knowledge of funding resources such as Medicare Part A, B, C and D, Medicaid, Managed Care, and other private insurances.
• Imagination and creative ability, skill in working cooperatively with other professionals, ability to organize and carry out responsibility efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately both verbally and in writing in a wide variety of circumstances.
• Commitment to the mission and goals of the center.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment where procedures cannot be standardized.
• Ability to attend annual NHC sponsored social work conferences. These conferences may be out of town and require overnight stays.
• Dedicated totally to the success of the center and The Better Way culture.
• Degree Requirements:
  
  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from accredited college or university or
  • Other related human services field degree.

Work Location:
Springfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
2800 South Fort Avenue
Springfield, MO 65807

If you are interested in working for a leader in senior care and share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/springfield-rehabilitation/

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Skills

• Training - Social Services