Social Worker I Case Management Full Time Days

Description

Summary

The Social Worker is responsible to facilitate care along a continuum through effective resource coordination to help patients achieve optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient’s resources and right to self-determination. The individual in this position has overall responsibility to assess the patient for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission. Conducts complex psycho-social assessment and intervention to promote timely throughput, safe discharge and prevent avoidable readmissions. This position integrates national standards for case management scope of services including:

1. Care Coordination by promoting progression of care, appropriate use of resources, and patient safety through readmission prevention while simultaneously considering patient choice and goals of care;
2. Education provided to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers.
3. Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policy;

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This individual’s responsibility will include the following activities:
a) complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention,
b) assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral as appropriate to local, state and /or federal agencies,
c) care coordination,
d) implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan,
e) leading and/or facilitation multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including Complex Case Review, 
f) leading and facilitating unit TEMPO (Team Engagement to Manage Patient Outcome),
g ) communicating with patients and families about the plan of care,
h) collaborating with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments,
I) assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs,
j) timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system, 
k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information, and
l) other duties as assigned.
(m) identification and documentation of potentially avoidable days.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Required: BSW or MSW based on license requirements of the state in which the Tenet Hospital operates
• Preferred: MSW of LCSW
   

EXPERIENCE

• Preferred: Minimum of two years of acute hospital experience
   

SKILLS

• Required: Demonstrated organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast paced environment, critical thinking and problem solving skills and computer literacy. 
   

LICENSE

• Preferred: Accredited Case Manager (ACM)

CERTIFICATION

• Current BLS certification.

 

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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.