Social Worker MSW

Tenet Healthcare Corporation • Goodyear, AZ

3h • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• MSW

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Assess the patient for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission.
• Conduct complex psycho-social assessment and intervention to promote timely throughput, safe discharge and prevent avoidable read admissions.
• Promote appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention and patient satisfaction.
• Demonstrate throughput efficiency while assuring care is the right sequence and at appropriate level of care.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policy.
• Provide education to physicians, patients, families and caregivers.
• Lead a population of patients by service line and/or lead the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level