Social Worker II - Case Management

Desert Regional Medical Center; Cathedral City (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Desert Regional Medical Center seeks a Social Worker to coordinate patient transitions and optimize discharge planning within our acute care setting. The role emphasizes psycho-social assessment, resource coordination, and collaboration with physicians and families to promote safe, timely discharges.

The ideal candidate holds an LCSW with at least two years of hospital experience; ACM is preferred. A sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 is offered, with a schedule of Friday through Sunday and daytime

Qualifications

• Two (2) years acute hospital experience.
• LCSW licensure is required by the state.
• ACM certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate care along a continuum through resource coordination to support optimal health and appropriate resource use.
• Assess patients for transition needs and identify those at risk for readmission.
• Conduct complex psycho-social assessments and interventions to promote timely throughput and safe discharge.
• Lead multidisciplinary care conferences and coordinate with physicians, staff and families.
• Ensure timely, accurate documentation in the Case Management system and maintain patient demographics and insurance information.

Skills

Communication

Care coordination

Patient education

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 Leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

• 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, d) 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, g ) communicating with patients and families about the plan of care,
• Collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments, I) assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs ,
• Timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system, k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,
• Precepts new staff members and acts as a resource to all staff,
• Facilitates TEMPO as needed,
• Par­ticipates in department quality improvement initiatives, and
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience
Preferred: Two (2) years acute hospital experience.

Certifications

• Required: LCSW based on license requirements of the state in which the Tenet Hospital operates.
• Preferred: Accredited Case Manager (ACM).

Sign On Bonus: Up to $25,000

Hours: 1200pm - 12:30am

Schedule: Fridays through Sunday

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.

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