Discharge Planner

Job Summary

The Case Manager is responsible for coordinating hospital’s Case Management for patients with the goal of providing effective discharge planning to reduce recidivism. Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options to facilitate the continuum of care including follow-up appointments, housing, and transportation arrangements upon discharge.

Essential Duties:

• Access to daily admission report with purpose of effectively meeting new patients to coordinate discharge planning.
• Meet with patients/ contact patient guardian to complete required activities i.e. obtain collateral information regarding living arrangements, patient request and MD ordered activities.
• Educates patients regarding effective allocation of community mental health resources while encouraging provision of high quality patient care.
• Document...

Westborough Behavioral Healthcare Hospital (WBHH) provides psychiatric stabilization diagnosis treatments for Children, and Adult populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our goal is to ensure patients and their loved ones feel comfortable and are well informed regarding treatment options

Job Summary

The Discharge Planner is responsible for discharge needs assessment, identification of specific discharge needs, and social service intervention or referral while in the acute setting. Awareness of services available to patients and their families are an important part of this assessment. Determining patient needs on basis of diagnosis; prognosis and social support system/person information are included in the discharge assessment process. Upon individual recognition and staff referral, the discharge planner will contact the appropriate agency to meet the patient’s physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs. The Discharge...