Case Manager - Group Support/Social Worker - Ornish
Location: Nashville Tennessee
Description: Healthways is currently seeking to employ Case Manager - Group Support/Social Worker - Ornish right now, this vacancy will be placed in Tennessee. Detailed specification about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Case Manager - Group Support/Social Worker - Ornish-1300577
Description (We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.)
You may have only a few times in your career when something truly special happens and you are given the opportunity to be a part of this greatness.
On July 23! rd, Healthways entered into an exclusive partnership with
Dean Ornish , M.D., to operate and license his Lifestyle Management Programs. Dr. Ornish's programs, combined with Healthways well-being improvement platform, will enable the Company to comprehensively leverage proven lifestyle behavior change programs that serve the purpose of preventing, treating and reversing certain chronic diseases.
The Ornish program has proven effective against coronary artery disease. Healthways will now train and certify health systems, health plans, hospitals and physician groups, allowing them to deliver programs that can manage and help reverse the progression of chronic diseases.
We are currently recruiting for Site Delivery teams in the following areas:
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Baltimore, Maryland, Newark/Milford/Lewes, Delaware, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Honolulu, Hawaii, Louisville, Kentucky, New York City, New York, Milford/Summit, New Jersey, Clevel! and, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, Oshkosh/Menasha, Wisconsin, S! outh Bend, Indiana, Springfield, Illinois, St Louis, Missouri and Tucson/Phoenix, Arizona
The Ornish Program is provided by a collaborative, synergistic, interdisciplinary team. Team members embody key principles of the Program. We are currently recruiting for the following role:
Group Support Facilitator
CLINICAL
- Participates in the screening of candidates and evaluates psychosocial questionnaires to ensure appropriate and successful group participation.
- Facilitates support groups as trained per clinical protocol.
- Provides for individual and couples counseling as necessary.
- Provides support in developing the skills necessary for integrating lifestyle changes into daily life.
- Facilitates high level of participant satisfaction.
- Provides support to staff dealing with difficult situations and difficult participants.
- Attends staff meetings and participant care conferences.
- Participates in th! e interdisciplinary team development of a plan of care for each participant.
- Participates in the monitoring, documentation, and communication of the participant’s response to the interdisciplinary team plan of care throughout the Program.
- Participates in team and network group support facilitator conference calls.
- Ensures patient confidentiality.
- Assists the Program Director in efforts to actively market and promote the Program to prospective participants, health and care professionals in order to meet pre-determined participant enrollment objectives.
- Provides group support marketing opportunities.
- Presents lectures on communication skills, group process, lifestyle change, and stress related topics.
- Provides educational in-services as necessary.
- Facilitates the hiring and training of other group support facilitators.
- Provides outreac! h to hospital, medical, or lay community as needed.
- Serves as ! a role model for all elements of the Program.
LICENSE, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES
- Psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, chaplain, or mental health professional with state licensure or state approval, and experience working with groups.
- Ability to facilitate a process of self-expression and active listening in a way that can create connection, community, and intimacy among group participants.
- Ability to model and promote verbalization of feelings, and an empathic listening presence.
- Lack of need to be the center of the group process.
- Experience with cardiac patients or other individuals confronting chronic illness.
- Experience working with the psychosocial issues that may arise when making lifestyle changes.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and public speaking skills.
- Excellent leadership and adult education skills.
- Desire and ability to work in a partici! pative team-oriented environment.
- Certification in BLS or CPR is required.
Healthways is the largest independent global provider of well-being improvement solutions. Dedicated to creating a healthier world one person at a time, the Company uses the science of behavior change to produce and measure positive change in well-being for our customers, which include employers, integrated health systems, hospitals, physicians, health plans, communities and government entities. We provide highly specific and personalized support for each individual and their team of experts to optimize each participant's health and productivity and to reduce health-related costs. Results are achieved by addressing longitudinal health risks and care needs of everyone in a given population. The Company has scaled its proprietary technology infrastructure and delivery capabilities developed over 30 years and now serves approximately 40 million people on ! four continents.
Here at Healthways as we continue to make the! world a healthier place, we have also created an environment where people choose to do their best work. Our unique culture thrives on mission-driven individuals who exude a high sense of energy and passion in everything that they do. Collaboration and teamwork are an essential part of everyday life for Colleagues who trust and depend on one another to achieve the highest degree of collective success. We are an organization that strives to recruit the best and the brightest individuals who take pride in the statement 'I work for Healthways.'
Healthways, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. Healthways, Inc. will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran! status.
Job Healthcare Services
Schedule Part-time
Shift Day Job
Primary Location United States
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This vacancy starts available on: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:28:48 GMT
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