Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - $39-60 per hour

Tenet North Cal is seeking a Social Work Licensed Clinical Social Worker for a job in Manteca, California.Job Description & RequirementsSpecialty: Licensed Clinical Social WorkerDiscipline: Social WorkDuration: Ongoing40 hours per weekShift: 8 hoursEmployment Type: Staff 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; and Leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.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 system, k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,l) precepts new staff members and acts as a resource to all staff,m) facilitates TEMPO as needed,n) participates in department quality improvement initiatives, ando) other duties as assigned.Education:Required: Master's of Social WorkExperience:Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experienceCertifications: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)#LI-AJ1Tenet North Cal Job ID #2503035991. Posted job title: Licensed Social Worker