Licensed Social Worker LCSW Full Time Days - Hi-Desert Medical Center

Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus based on experience

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:

A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals

Position Summary

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 as: wring care is sequenced and provided at the appropriate level of care
• Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TIC 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

Shift: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Schedule: Weekdays and every other weekend. Some holidays required.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.