Social Worker - Case Management

Tenet Healthcare Corporation • Modesto, CA

2d • $39 - $60

About The Position

The Social Worker facilitates care across the continuum through effective resource coordination, helping patients achieve optimal health, access care, and use resources appropriately while respecting patients’ resources and right to self-determination. The role ensures care is provided at the appropriate level based on medical necessity and assesses transition needs to support timely throughput, safe discharge, and prevention of avoidable readmissions. It conducts complex psychosocial assessment and intervention and integrates national standards for case management services, including transition management, care coordination, regulatory compliance, education, and collaboration with community providers.

The position coordinates care and assesses and reassesses transition needs, including complex psychosocial needs. It implements or oversees transition and discharge plans, assists with adoption, abuse, and neglect cases, and leads or facilitates multidisciplinary patient care conferences, including Complex Case Review. The Social Worker makes referrals, communicates care plans to patients and families, collaborates with physicians and other care teams, supports patient education for post-acute needs, maintains timely and accurate documentation and patient demographic and insurance information, precepts and supports staff, facilitates TEMPO as needed, and participates in quality improvement initiatives.

Doctors Medical Center of Modesto is described as a 394-bed general acute care hospital with a 67-bed inpatient psychiatric capacity, offering inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care across a range of specialties and services.

Requirements

• Master of Social Work (MSW).
• Demonstrated organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group in a fast-paced environment.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Computer literacy.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of two years of acute hospital experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate care across the continuum through effective resource coordination, supporting optimal health, access to care, and appropriate resource utilization while respecting patient self-determination.
• Ensure care is provided at the appropriate level based on medical necessity and assess transition needs to promote timely throughput, safe discharge, and prevention of avoidable readmissions.
• Conduct complex psychosocial assessments and interventions.
• Promote appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention, and patient satisfaction through transition management.
• Coordinate care to support efficient throughput and sequencing of care at the appropriate level.
• Support compliance with state and federal regulations, TJC accreditation standards, and Tenet policy.
• Provide education to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers.
• Participate in planning the social work component of selected hospital programs.
• Provide in-service education for staff and collaborate with community providers to develop educational resources for staff and patients or their representatives.
• Assess and reassess transition needs and implement or oversee implementation of transition and discharge plans.
• Assist with adoption, abuse, and neglect cases through assessment, intervention, and referral to appropriate local, state, or federal agencies.
• Lead or facilitate multidisciplinary patient care conferences, including Complex Case Review.
• Make appropriate referrals to other departments and communicate the plan of care to patients and families.
• Collaborate with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments.
• Ensure patient education is completed to support post-acute needs.
• Complete timely, concise documentation in the Case Management system and maintain accurate patient demographic and insurance information.
• Precept new staff members and act as a resource to staff.
• Facilitate TEMPO as needed and participate in department quality improvement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts
• Healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time