Assoc. Professor - Social Work jobs in Birmingham, AL

Tenet-Alabama is seeking a Social Work Social Worker for a job in Jasper, Alabama.

• Specialty: Social Worker
• Discipline: Social Work
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

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 patients 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.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education - Required: Master's of Social Work
Experience - Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experience
Certification - 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)

Tenet-Alabama Job ID #2305042079.

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• Sign-On bonus

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Tenet-Alabama