Social Worker II

Tenet Healthcare; Rock Hill (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare seeks a Social Worker to coordinate care and facilitate transitions for patients in an acute hospital setting. You will assess risk for readmission, arrange resources, and promote timely discharge with patient self-determination in mind.

Requires a Master of Social Work (MSW) and an active license; ACM certification is preferred and 2 years of acute hospital experience is desirable. This on-site role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration to ensure safe, efficient care.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work (MSW) required.
• Active license to practice as required by law.
• 2+ years acute hospital experience preferred.
• ACM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complex psycho-social transition planning, assessment and reassessment.
• Assist with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases with referrals as needed.
• Care coordination and implementation/oversight of transition plan.
• Lead and/or participate in multidisciplinary patient care conferences.
• Refer to other departments and communicate the care plan with patients and families.
• Perform related duties as required.

Skills

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Communication with patients/families

Assessment skills

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Active MSW license

Accredited Case Manager (ACM)

Job description

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 re-admissions.

• Complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention
• Assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral as appropriate to local, state and /or federal agencies
• Care coordination, implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan
• leading and/or facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including Complex Case Review
• Making appropriate referrals to other departments and communicating with patients and families about the plan of care
• Performs related duties as required.

Required

• Education: Master of Social Work.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses: 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.

Preferred

• Experience: 2 years of acute hospital experience.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses: Accredited Case Manager (ACM)