Social Work - Social Worker
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA
5x8 hrs
Sign-On Bonus

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

Shift: Days

Job type: Full Time

Hours: 0800-1630

Schedule: Five shifts per week. Some weekends required.

GENERAL DUTIES: 

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

• Care Coordination by demonstrating throughput efficiency while assuring care is sequenced and provided at the 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
• Precepts new staff members and acts as resource to all staff. 
• Participates in department Quality Improvement initiatives, one committee participation and/or major projects as assigned

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.