Social Worker II

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

Full Time, Days

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:

• Education —
  
  Required:
  
  Master’s of Social Work
• Experience — Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experience
• Certifications —
  
  Required:
  
  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)

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This individual’s responsibility will include the following activities:

• complex psycho-social transition planning assessment, 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
• communicating with patients and families about the plan of care
• collaborating with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments
• assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs
• timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system
• 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
• other duties as assigned