Licensed Medical Social Worker PRN Days

Licensed Medical Social Worker PRN Days Position 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 for 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: Transition Management promoting appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention, and patient satisfaction; Care Coordination by demonstrating throughput efficiency while assuring care is the right sequence and at appropriate level of care; Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards, and Tenet policy; and Education provided to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers.

THE LICENSED MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER PRN DAYS CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING EDUCATION, LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In accordance with The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

Minimum Education: BSW required; Master’s degree preferred.

Minimum Experience: 1 to 2 years of job-related experience preferred, including experience as a licensed clinical social worker, experience in an acute care setting, knowledge of federal and state laws and Medicare/ Medicaid calculations, and experience with computer software.

Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses: SC licensure in Social Work required.