Crisis Assessment Social Worker FT Days

Tenet Healthcare; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Social Worker to facilitate care coordination and enhance patient outcomes. In this vital role, you will conduct psycho-social assessments, develop transition plans, and collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure patients receive optimal care. Your expertise will play a crucial part in preventing readmissions and promoting patient satisfaction. Join a dynamic healthcare environment where your contributions directly impact the community's health and well-being. If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and thrive in a collaborative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work is required for this role.
• 2 years of acute hospital experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex psycho-social assessments and interventions.
• Coordinate care and implement transition plans for patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Psycho-social assessment

Care coordination

Patient education

Documentation

Education

Master's of Social Work

Tools

Case Management system

Job description

MetroWest Medical Center is the largest community health care system between Worcester and Boston. MetroWest Medical Center is committed to providing high quality, comprehensive care, at a location close to home. The 307-bed regional healthcare system includes Framingham Union Hospital, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and the MetroWest Wellness Center. MetroWest Medical Center has been named to the 2019 America’s 100 Best Hospitals List by Healthgrades.

Onboarding Process: Please be advised that candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening which includes a drug screen.

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 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; Education provided to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers; and leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

Responsibilities

1. Complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention
2. Assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral as appropriate to local, state and/or federal agencies
3. Care coordination
4. Implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan
5. Leading and/or facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including Complex Case Review
6. Making appropriate referrals to other departments
7. Communicating with patients and families about the plan of care
8. Collaborating with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments
9. Assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs
10. Timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system
11. Maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information
12. Precepts new staff members and acts as a resource to all staff
13. Facilitates TEMPO as needed
14. Participates in department quality improvement initiatives
15. Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Education:
Required: Master's of Social Work

Experience:
Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experience

Required Certifications/Licensure:
Must be currently licensed or license eligible to practice as a LSW or LCSW in adherence with state regulatory requirements

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.