Social Worker Trauma Center Full Time Days

Description

Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience
Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385 bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative , patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.

GENERAL DUTIES:

The Trauma Social Worker at a Level I Trauma Center is responsible for providing screening and specialized psychosocial support to patients and families experiencing severe or life-threatening injuries. Working within an interdisciplinary trauma team, this individual facilitates care along the continuum by coordinating internal and external resources, offering crisis intervention and counseling, and ensuring that patients’ immediate and long-term needs are effectively addressed. The Trauma Social Worker balances each patient’s right to self-determination with the ethical and regulatory standards of the hospital and state licensing boards.

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• Transition Management promoting appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention, and patient satisfaction in a high-acuity trauma environment.
• Care Coordination demonstrating throughput efficiency while ensuring care is sequenced and provided at the appropriate level, in close collaboration with the trauma team
• Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policy
• Providing specialized education to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers on available resources, trauma-informed care, and post-acute needs.
• Precepts new staff members and acts as resource to all staff. 
• Participates in department initiatives, committees, and/or major projects that enhance psychosocial and discharge planning for trauma patients.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work
• Must be certified by Riverside County to write 5150 within 90-days of employment. 
• Apply for CA Children Services (CCS) paneling upon completion of 90-day orientation period 
• Preferred - California Licensure in Social Work (LCSW)

 

Required qualifications include Master in Social Work (MSW). Must be currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law or regulation in state of practice or policy. Active license for state(s) covered. Minimum of two years acute hospital experience preferred. Required skills include 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.

Physical Demands

• Lift/position up to 25 lbs. Push/pull up to 25 lbs. of force.
• Frequent sitting. Moderate standing, walking, reaching, stooping, and bending
• Manual dexterity, mobility, touch, auditory to perform all the related duties of the position

 

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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.