Level III Social Work - Social Worker

Position: Level III Social Work - Social Worker - $25-38 per hour
Tenet Massachusetts is seeking a Social Work Social Worker Level III for a job in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty:
Social Worker Discipline:
Social Work Duration:
Ongoing 40 hours per week

Shift: 8 hours, days

Employment Type:

Staff Up to $20,000 Sign-on Bonus Based on Eligibility Saint Vincent Hospital offers a whole new experience in health care. By combining our advanced, state-of-the-art facility with our commitment to providing the best quality of life to the many members of our Worcester community. Saint Vincent Hospital excels at offering the best care in a friendly atmosphere. From our advanced heart and vascular services, to our comprehensive orthopedics and rehabilitation programs, our robust surgical facility including our Da Vinci robotic surgery and Cyberknife technology, to our comfortable and compassionate women & infants programs - you don't have to travel far for high-quality health care:
We're right here, in the heart of Worcester. Onboarding Process:
Please be advised that candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening which includes a drug screen.

Position Summary:

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; and Leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards. Responsibilities Coordination of complex discharge planning. Educates and mentors new social work staff. Acts as resource to all staff members regarding policies and procedures as well as community resources. Works to trend barriers to care as resolve at least one barrier to care.

Qualifications:

Education:

Required:

Master's of Social

Work Experience:

Preferred: 1 years of acute hospital experience and/or 1 year experience in outpatient behavioral health setting

Certifications:

Required:

LiCSW or LMHC. Must be currently licensed, certified or registered to practice profession as required by law or regulation in state of practice or policy. Preferred:
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.

Tenet Mass Job  . Posted job title:
Social Worker III About Tenet Massachusetts Facilities:
Saint Vincent Hospital – Worcester, MA Metro West Medical Center – Framingham, MA Leonard Morse Hospital – Natick, MA (part of MWMC) MA - SVH Tenet’s Saint Vincent Hospital has been providing high-quality health care to Worcester and the surrounding communities for more than 125 years. At Saint Vincent Hospital, we believe you should have access to the treatments you need without having to travel far from home.

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