What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker II Full Time Days position at Abrazo West Campus?
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Social Worker II Full Time Days 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.
THE SOCIAL WORKER II FULL TIME DAYS CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING EDUCATION, LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE.
MINIMUM EDUCATION: MSW
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years acute hospital experience.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE: Arizona licensed social worker (LMSW) completed within 90 days of hire.
REQUIRED COURSE(S) TRAINING: MIDAS and Curaspan to be successfully completed within first 90 days
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/REGISTRATION: LCSW, Accredited Case Manager (ACM)
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