Per Diem - Clinical Social Worker II or III - Outpatient - Variable - PlacentiaLinda

University of California - Irvine Health; Placentia (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vacation time

Retirement savings plans

Discounts and perks

Job summary

The Social Worker at UCI Health will assess patients for transition needs, coordinate services, and promote safe discharge to prevent avoidable readmissions across our Orange County network.

Joining a multidisciplinary team, you will apply recognized case management standards, document care plans, and communicate clearly with patients and families to support optimal health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
• Current Clinical Social Work License issued by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients for transition needs and readmission risk.
• Conduct psycho-social assessments and interventions to promote timely throughput.
• Coordinate care, ensure appropriate level of care, and promote safe discharge.
• Educate physicians, patients, families, and caregivers.

Skills

English communication

Customer service

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

MSW

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

As Orange County's only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region's only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

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, Education provided to physicians, patients, families and caregivers.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications Clin Social Worker III:

• Skills to interpret and implement hospital, JCAHO, Health Department and Child Abuse Registry standards and regulations
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Knowledge of and ability to work within a complex health care system
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Current Clinical Social Work License issued by the Board of Behavioral Sciences
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Currently posses an ASW License

Licenses and Certifications:

• Lic Clinical Social Worker

Required Qualifications Clinical Social Worker II:

• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Master's Degree in Social Work
• Knowledge of and ability to work within a complex health care system
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to interpret and implement all applicable standards and regulations such as, The Joint Commission, DHS, and the Child Abuse Registry
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Education:

• MSW

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page:

Closing Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at or at , Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization