Social Worker II Oncology Full Time Days
Company: Saint Vincent Hospital
Location: Worcester
Posted on: October 23, 2024
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Job Description:
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.
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.
Job Responsibilities
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 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.
2403014584Employment practices will not be influenced or affected
by an applicant's or employee's 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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