Social Worker - Flower Hospital - Acute Care Navigation
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The Social Worker/Discharge Planning Coordinator provides supportive intervention to patients and caregivers and coordinates discharge plans for high-risk patients. The role assesses psychosocial risk factors, connects patients and caregivers with community resources, and provides emotional, social, and financial support. It also advocates for patients during hospitalization, supports continuity of care, and addresses concerns including substance abuse, mental health, and guardianship.
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Full job description
Location:
Flower Hospital
Department:
Care Navigation Acute
Weekly Hours:
40
Status:
Full time
Shift:
Days (United States of America)
Job Summary:
As the Social Worker/Discharge Planning Coordinator, you will offer supportive intervention to patients and caregivers and coordinate and facilitate the development of a discharge plan of care for high-risk patients.
You will assess psychosocial risk factors for patients and caregivers and provide emotional, social, and financial support by connecting them to community resources.
You will serve as a patient advocate during hospitalization, ensure continuity of care, and address psychosocial concerns such as substance abuse, mental health, and guardianship.
The above summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the positions. It should not be considered exhaustive.
REQUIREMENTS
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Education: BSW or higher degree; will consider a limited license SW on individual basis.
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Skills: Must have knowledge of regulations, requirements, and community resources. Must be able to function effectively in a critical care environment. Written and verbal skills are essential. Must be able to establish priorities and communicate and respond to inquiries. Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Customer service skills. Ability to work and communicate with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded, and adaptable to change. Effective organizational skills. Computer proficiency with Outlook e-mail and electronic medical records. Flexible in a complex and changing healthcare environment. Understanding of pre-acute and post-acute venues of care and post-acute community resources. Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
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License:L.S.W - Licensed Social Worker
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
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Education:MSW
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Skills: Applicable experience in patient advocacy, care management, and knowledge of hospital and community resources.
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Years of Experience: Previous case management or discharge planning experience.
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Certification:Specialty certification in care management (CCM, ACM, or similar).
ProMedica is a mission-driven, not-for-profit health care organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It serves communities across nine states and provides a range of services, including acute and ambulatory care, a dental plan, and academic business lines. ProMedica owns and operates 10 hospitals and has an affiliated interest in one additional hospital. The organization employs over 1,300 health care providers through ProMedica Physicians and has more than 2,300 physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges. Committed to its mission of improving health and well-being, ProMedica has received national recognition for its clinical excellence and its initiatives to address social determinants of health. For more information about ProMedica, please visit promedica.org/aboutus (https://www.promedica.org/Pages/about-us/default.aspx) .
Benefits:
We provide flexible benefits that include compensation and programs to help you take care of your family, your finances and your personal well-being. It’s what makes us one of the best places to work, and helps our employees live and work to their fullest potential.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact [email protected]
Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace
How this job compares
Set against the 3,340 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$63–89K/yr26 salary ranges
- US median$31–45/hr904 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 93 open Social Worker jobs in Ohio and 3,340 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic12 open
- UC Health8 open
- University Hospitals Health System6 open
- Experience
- Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,630 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,144 of the 3,340 open Social Worker jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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