Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Tenet Desert is seeking a Social Work Licensed Clinical Social Worker for a job in Joshua Tree, California.

• Specialty:
  Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Discipline:
  Social Work
• Duration:
  Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours
• Employment Type:
  
  Staff

Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus based on experience

Shift: Days

Job type:
Full time

Hours:

Schedule:

Monday through Friday

Position Summary

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 as: wring care is sequenced and provided at the appropriate level of care
• Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TIC accreditation standards and Tenet policy
• Education provided to physicians, patients, families and caregivers
• Precepts new staff members and acts as resource to all staff.
• Participates in department Quality Improvement initiatives, one committee participation and/or major projects as assigned

Tenet Desert Job  #. Posted job title:
Licensed Social Worker (LCSW)

• Sign-On bonus