Elder Care Consultants, Inc (ECC) is looking for a dedicated and passionate professional to join our team. If you are an experienced Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Social Work (LSW, BSW or MSW) Care Manager this may be an ideal career opportunity for you.
ECC is a devoted care management organization that provides a team-oriented, hands-on, and customized approach for each client. We lead with warmth, active-listening, and emotional intelligence.
Our long-tenured team offers mentoring and mutual support for delivering exceptional care for each client.
We’re seeking a healthcare professional with experience in Aging Life Care Management. The position is 40 hours per week serving Northern Virginia, specifically Prince William, Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun counties, the cities of Falls Church, Alexandria and Fairfax, and areas of the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland.
If you are seeking a role that taps your strong emotional intelligence, passion for quality care, and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively this is the ideal opportunity for you.
Salary range is $90,000 – $115,000 per year plus benefits.
Benefits
- Excellent office culture
- Flexible schedule
- Ability to work independently
- Bi-weekly team meetings
- Mileage reimbursement
- 401 K with Safe Harbor matching
- Designated hours towards CEU classes
- Payment of annual ALCA membership upon passing a Certified Care or Case Management exam and meeting membership criteria.
- Coverage under ECC’s insurance policies
- Office support, including office equipment and software programs.
- Job growth and development
- PTO and Federal Holidays Observed
- Bonus opportunities
We are stronger when working together and we help one another grow professionally!
Requirements
- Needs to service Northern, VA (specifically Prince William, Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun County, and the City of Falls Church, Alexandria and Fairfax) and areas of Washington, DC and Montgomery County, MD.
- Working hours are predominantly rendered between 8 am – 5 pm Monday – Friday.
- Must be pet friendly.
- Conduct client assessment and/or visit(s) in various residential settings such as private residence, hospital, and/or alternative senior residential settings.
- Undergraduate degree in Social Work or Nursing. Healthcare related graduate degree a plus.
- If a RN or LPN, must be licensed in Virginia
- Minimum five years experience in healthcare.
- Minimum five years directly working in care or case management for aging adults.
- Demonstrate autonomy, flexibility, and responsiveness.
- Highly personable, friendly, empathetic, and engaging.
- Work well as a team member.
- Develop effective communication and working relationships with community and professional organizations.
- Comprehensive understanding of local and national resources, state and federal programs, community and professional organizations, senior residential settings, and additional systems within the field of health and human services.
- Professional interpersonal, organizational, communication, and writing skills.
- Computer proficient.
- Respond to occasional weekend and evening emergencies.
- Driver’s license, clean driving record, and personal car to use for local travel.
- Goal in working towards care management certification.
Duties:
- Conduct comprehensive client assessments, including but not limited to medical, physical, functional, cognitive, nutritional, financial, psychosocial, spiritual, environmental and home safety, with periodic re-evaluation.
- Write a comprehensive assessment, treatment plan of care / care plan with recommended resources.
- Modify treatment plan of care/ care plan, based on routine visits to monitor client’s status, ongoing oversight and care management.
- Placement recommendations such as Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled/Sub-Acute Rehabilitation, Skilled/Long-term Care Nursing, Acute Rehabilitation.
- Provide Short- and Long-term Care Management.
- Coordinate care with families at a distance.
- Refer to legal and support services such as life care planning, estate planning, guardianship, disability, veterans administration benefits.
- Refer to and/or facilitate services such as home care/home health care, transportation, home modification/universal design and home repair, durable medical equipment, senior centers, personal emergency response systems/supports, and more.
- Arrange and/or participate in provider services rendered, such as medical appointments, home health care, tours of alternative residential settings, home repair/modification and other services.
- Advise on health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, palliative, and hospice/end of life care.
- Provide crisis intervention, educational counseling and support for caregivers and family members.
- Assist and advocate in emergency situations.
- Rotate on-call services (approximately 1 week every other month)
- Complete required documentation on each client via care management software provided.
If you meet the requirements and are ready to take the next step in your healthcare services career, please send your resume with cover letter to info@eldercc.com.
About Elder Care Consultants, Inc.
Elder Care Consultants (ECC) is an interdisciplinary team of care managers. Leading the team is founder and president, Vanessa Bishop, MSW, LCSW, CMC. With years of training and experience, our care managers have the expertise to meet the varied needs of our clients.
Our care managers have worked extensively on the front lines of every aspect of the healthcare system and health-related human services. ECC care managers provide and help implement a customized and comprehensive plan of care. Our care managers quickly mobilize in emergency situations and changing circumstances. They are well prepared to understand and respond creatively to a wide variety of health care needs.