Social Worker II - Case Management

Job Shift: Days

Job Type: Per Diem

The individual in this position 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 interventions 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 sequenced and provided at the 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
• Participates in planning the social work component required in selected hospital programs
• Provides in-service education for staff
• Collaborate with community providers to develop educational resources appropriate for staff and patients/patient representatives

This individual’s responsibility will include the following activities:

a) complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention,

b) assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral as appropriate to local, state and /or federal agencies,

c) care coordination,

d) implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan,

e) leading and/or facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including Complex Case Review,

f) making appropriate referrals to other departments,

g ) communicating with patients and families about the plan of care,

h) collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments,

i) assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs ,

j) timely, complete and concise documentation in Tenet Case Management  documentation system,

k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,

l) and other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include:

• Master in Social Work (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:  Accredited Case Manager (ACM). Minimum of two years acute hospital experience preferred.

Required skills include:

• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast paced environment
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills and computer literacy.