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I was working within a multidisciplinary clinic where we had to collaborate on patients plan of care. Specifically we were often in charge of making referrals to obtain specialized medical equipment. Our team was struggling to address the timeliness of referrals and how fast those referrals were being followed up on. This was starting to negatively impact patient care as patients weren’t getting vital and necessary equipment for their health and wellbeing. As a team, we were struggling with clear communication, so I set up a meeting with the medical director and team to discuss team roles and responsibility so we had clear guidelines and expectations. After that, I wrote out a process flow for referrals to make sure we were accountable as a team. Less
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I deferred to see what they were thinking. They actually offered $60K-$63K if I saw 8 patients a day at 30 minutes, which included doing the paperwork in front of the patient during the 30 minutes and did not include moving from one patient's room to another (within 1 facility, I assume.) Salary depended on the number of patients you saw so of course there was no guarantee. This was a gross insult to the clinical social work profession as well as to myself, and unfortunately this is the wave of healthcare today and companies like this get away with it. Less