Licensed Social Worker Full Time Days

Licensed Social Worker – Case Management

Welcome To

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.

About this job

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 Social Worker 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. The Social Worker 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 sequenced and provided at the 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
• Participates in planning the social work component required in selected hospital programs 
  Provides in-service education for staff 
• Collaborate with community providers to develop educational resources appropriate for staff and patients/patient representatives.

 

Education

Graduate degree in Master of Social Work (MSW) 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required

Current Social Worker license in State of Massachusetts. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).

Knowledge and Skills

2 years Social Worker experience in acute care hospital preferred. Accredited Case Manager (ACM) certificate preferred. Able to demonstrate organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skill, ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast-paced environment. Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills and computer literacy.

Why Metro West Medical Center

MetroWest Medical Center has been named to the 2019 America’s 100 Best Hospitals List by Healthgrades. 

Our commitment to always provide safe, exceptional healthcare for you and your family remains constant. Thank you to our dedicated physicians, nurses and staff who truly make us A Community Built on Care.

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and student loan repayment.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply. We promptly review all applications. If you are highly qualified, you will hear from one of our recruiters. We are actively interviewing so apply today! 

Onboarding Process

Please be advised that candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening which includes a drug screen.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

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 resou