Social Work - Social Worker Job at Tenet Desert, Palm Springs, CA

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  • Tenet Desert
  • Palm Springs, CA

Job Description

Job Description

Tenet Desert is seeking a Social Work Social Worker for a job in Palm Springs, California.

Job Description & Requirements
  • Specialty: Social Worker
  • Discipline: Social Work
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • 40 hours per week
  • Shift: 8 hours
  • Employment Type: Staff

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Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience

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Desert Regional Medical Center  is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level I trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics. 

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GENERAL DUTIES

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The individual in this position 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 to assess the patient for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission. Conducts complex psycho-social assessment and interventions 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 \n
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  • Care Coordination by demonstrating throughput efficiency while assuring care is sequenced and provided at the appropriate level of care
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  • Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policy
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  • Education provided to physicians, patients, families and caregivers
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  • Precepts new staff members and acts as resource to all staff. 
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  • Participates in department Quality Improvement initiatives, one committee participation and/or major projects as assigned
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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 documentation system, 

k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information, 

l) and other duties as assigned.

 

Tenet Desert Job ID #2503012753-1. Posted job title: Social Worker Full Time Days

Benefits
  • Sign-On bonus

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Relocation bonus, Shift work,

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