Social Worker - Case Management

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 read admissions. 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
• Leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards. Complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and 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 Other related job tasks or responsibilities as assigned Minimum Requirements Education: Master's of Social Work Certifications: Must be an Arizona licensed social worker (LMSW) completed within 90 days of hire. MIDAS and Curaspan to be successfully completed within first 90 days is also a required course(s)/training. Preferred Requirements Experience: 2 years of acute hospital experience Certifications: Accredited Case Manager (ACM) #LI-AL2