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Fountain Valley Regional Hospital is proud of the full range of quality services we provide. Since 1971, we have dedicated our efforts to meet and serve the medical needs of our growing community. We were the first hospital in Orange County to offer residents an accredited Chest Pain Center and a Thrombectomy Receiving Center certified by The Joint Commission. We are one of only two certified Pediatric ICUs in Orange County and the only hospital in Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach with a Level III Neonatal ICU. We�re proud of the efforts of our physicians, nurses and staff who strive to provide you with the best care possible.

We offer competitive salaries and benefits including a matching 401(k), several health & dental plans to choose from, generous tuition assistance plans, and relocation assistance for select positions.

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, Leads a population of patients by service line and/or leads the team by being a resource to Tenet performance standards.

Essential Duties:

1. Assists with identification of patient's emotional needs and needs of their family system in the area of crisis intervention.

2. Assists staff with support and direction as needs arise in areas of stress, death and dying, families/patients in crisis situations and/or in management of specific behavioral problems (i.e. hostile, hysterical or depressed patient and/or family.)

3. Maintains statistical information as requested.

4. Completes concise and timely documentation in patient�s chart
5. Assist with mental health resources where such opportunity exists.
6. Relates to patients/staff in a courteous, professional manner.
7. Timely assessment of patients who desire medical and surgical care without the use of blood or blood.

8. Identifies all high risk, high volume problem prone patients as indicated by QA plan in specified time frame.

9. Provides emotional support/counsel/grief counseling as appropriate or needed.

10. Ascertains and assists in conjunction with ancillary if referrals for assistance (i.e.: shelters, medi-cal, counseling, regional center, CCS etc) are needed.

11. Assists families (if needed/requested) to help arrange for burials, cremations, etc.

12. Coordinates child abuse reports.

13. Refers SCN/Term Nursery patients for needed post discharge services (i.e. family resource center, family support network, etc.)

14. Assists in discharge planning needs.

15. Identifies all high risk, high volume, and problem prone patients as indicated by QA plan in specified time frame.

16. Provides emotional support/counsel/grief counseling as appropriate or needed.

17. Educates patient/staff about patient�s rights.
18. Provide patients, families, and staff with assistance regarding advanced directives completion, notary public, duties of agent, etc.

19. Ascertains (in conjunction with ancillary staff) if referrals for assistance (i.e.: shelters, Medi-cal, etoh rehab, counseling, etc) are needed.

20. Coordinates spousal/elder abuse reports.

21. Assists discharge planners with needs of patients as requested.
22. Completes other duties as assigned.

Required:
Minimum Education: Minimum of a Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree.

Minimum Experience: Two to three years of social work experience in an acute hospital setting is desired.

Preferred: Preferred Skills and Abilities: Capacity to deal with complex cases. Ability to apply psychosocial assessment to an adult (18 years or older) and pediatric (birth to 18 years) populations. Ability to apply the dynamics of normal and deviant behavior relating to mental health functioning of individuals, families and groups of ages 0-18 years for pediatric 19-69 years for adult and over 70 years for geriatric populations based on assigned areas.

The hospital, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to combine any of the above required experiences, or to consider applicants other work related experience in order to meet the above mentioned requirements.

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