Lead Social Worker Full Time Days
Company: Metrowest Medical Center
Location: Norwood
Posted on: October 25, 2024
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Job Description:
$15K SIGN-ON BONUS for External Candidates!
MetroWest Medical Center is the largest community health care
system between Worcester and Boston. MetroWest Medical Center is
committed to providing high quality, comprehensive care, at a
location close to home. The 307-bed regional healthcare system
includes Framingham Union Hospital, Leonard Morse Hospital in
Natick and the MetroWest Wellness Center. MetroWest Medical Center
has been named to the 2019 America's 100 Best Hospitals List by
Healthgrades.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Lead 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 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; and Leads a population of patients by service line
and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance
standards.
Coordination of complex discharge planning. Educates and mentors
new social work staff. Acts as resource to all staff members
regarding policies 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 barriers to
care.
Onboarding Process: Please be advised that candidates must
successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health
screening which includes a drug screen.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: Master's of Social Work
Required: 3 years of department experience or 4 years of acute
hospital social work experience
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.
Preferred: Accredited Case Manager (ACM).
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. If you are offered this
position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will
be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval
of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If
you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will
be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the
law.
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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.
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