Social Worker (LBSW) - Patient Navigator (Finance)

We are seeking a Social Work Navigator/BSW to support two unique Nemours programs!

This role acts as an internal referral coordinator and liaison to Make-A-Wish to ensure that all patients eligible for a Wish are offered the opportunity. Functions as the hub between patient/ families, the Nemours Medical Team and the Make-A-Wish local organization. Attends team meetings, huddles and special events to provide education and awareness of the program resources available. Follows patients throughout the process and collects relevant data. Also acts as a navigator and coordinator of psychosocial resources for patients served by the Swank Autism Center including linkage to community-based resources, financial assistance, educational advocacy. Works directly with the assigned social worker and the medical team.

This position supports patients and families receiving care within Nemours Children's Health by providing linkage to community resources, financial assistance, and positive family experiences. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Family interviewing and psychosocial assessment
• Coordination of care with internal partners and departments
• Financial resource application completion and tracking
• Maintaining relationships with community partners including psychiatric care facilities
• Collaboration with child welfare partners in DE and neighboring states
• Facilitating, organizing, and tracking in kind community donations to patients/families
• Providing social work support to the identified outpatient clinic

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work
• LBSW required
• Six or more months experience (Internship may be applied to the job-related experience at the discretion of the hiring manager)

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .