Level II Social Work - Case Management

Tenet Desert is seeking a Social Work Case Management Level II for a job in Palm Springs, California.

• Specialty:
  Case Management
• Discipline:
  Social Work
• Duration:
  Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours
• Employment Type:
  
  Staff

Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience

Shift: Days

Job type: Full Time

Hours:

Schedule: Five shifts per week. Some weekends required.

GENERAL DUTIES:

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
• 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

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 Case Management documentation system,

k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,

l) and other duties as assigned.

Tenet Desert Job  #. Posted job title:
Social Worker II - Case Management

• Sign-On bonus