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.
Job 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 patients 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.
Job Responsibilities :
This individuals 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 system, k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information, l) precepts new staff members and acts as a resource to all staff, m) facilitates TEMPO as needed, n) participates in department quality improvement initiatives, and o) other duties as assigned.
Onboarding Process : Please be advised that candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening which includes a drug screen.
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)
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.
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Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicants or employees race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
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