Description

Sign on Bonus up to $10,000 for Eligible Candidates

Shelby Baptist Medical Center: Located in Alabaster, this facility is equipped with 252 beds and sees over 51,000 patients in the emergency department every year. Shelby offers advanced technology resources including a 3 Tesla MRI, a robotic surgery program, and a state-of-the-art cardiology suite. Shelby offers a full range of services to meet the diverse needs of patients including fast, life-saving response times for patients with chest pain or stroke symptoms; cardiology, including specialized surgical services; orthopedics, including rehabilitation; and psychiatric care.

Job 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
• Leads a population of patients by service lince and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

Job Responsibilities
Coordination of complex discharge planning. Educates and mentors new social work staff. Acts as resource to all staff members regarding polices and procedures as well as community resources. Works under director of the Director of Case Management and the entire team to trend barriers to care as resolve at least one barrier to care

Education
Required: Master of Social Work

Experience
Required: 2 years of acute hospital experience.

Certifications
Required: LCSW or LMSW. 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.

Physical Demands
-Lift/position up to 25 lbs. Push/pull up to 25 lbs. of force.
-Frequent sitting. Moderate standing, walking, reaching, stooping, and bending
-Manual dexterity, mobility, touch, auditory to perform all the related duties of the position

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