Crisis Assessment Social Worker FT Days

Company: MetroWest Medical Center
Location: Framingham
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary: 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. Conduct complex psycho-social assessment and intervention to promote timely throughput, safe discharge, and prevent avoidable readmissions.

Responsibilities:
--- Complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention
--- Assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral
--- Care coordination
--- Implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan
--- Leading and/or facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences
--- Making appropriate referrals to other departments
--- Communicating with patients and families about the plan of care
--- Collaborating with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments
--- Assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs
--- Timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system
--- Maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information
--- Precepts new staff members and acts as a resource to all staff
--- Facilitates TEMPO as needed
--- Participates in department quality improvement initiatives

Education:
Required: Master's of Social Work
Experience:
Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experience
Certifications:
Required: MSW. 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.
Preferred: Accredited Case Manager (ACM)
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

Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.

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