Social Worker II Psych FT Days

Social Worker

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.

Job Description

• 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.
• Assess patients for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission.
• Conduct complex psycho-social assessments and interventions to promote timely throughput, safe discharge, and prevent avoidable readmissions.
• Integrate national standards for case management scope of services including transition management, care coordination, compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, education provided to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers.
• Lead a population of patients by service line and/or lead the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex psycho-social transition planning assessments and reassessments and interventions.
• Assist with adoptions, abuse, and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention, and referral as appropriate to local, state, and/or federal agencies.
• Coordinate care and implement or oversee the implementation of the transition plan.
• Lead and/or facilitate multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including complex case reviews.
• Make appropriate referrals to other departments.
• Communicate with patients and families about the plan of care.
• Collaborate with physicians, office staff, and ancillary departments.
• Assure patient education is completed to support post-acute needs.
• Complete timely and concise documentation in the case management system.
• Maintain accurate patient demographic and insurance information.
• Precept new staff members and act as a resource to all staff.
• Facilitate TEMPO as needed.
• Participate in department quality improvement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Required: Master's of Social Work
• Experience: Preferred: 2 years of acute hospital experience
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Must be currently licensed or license eligible to practice as a LICSW, LCSW, or LMHC in adherence with state regulatory requirements.

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.

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.