Care Transition Manager, Social Worker - Full time, Days

Care Transition Manager Social Worker (SW)

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together!

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231

Work hours: Full time; Days 8:00 - 4:30 (Monday - Friday)

Care Management Highlights:

• Engaged leadership team
• Manageable case load
• Team that works together to ensure work/life balance for all

Here's What You Need

• Master's degree in social work required
• Three years of experience in hospital/medical social work preferred
• One year of experience of discharge planning/care management
• Hospital Case management preferred
• LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker upon hire required or LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker upon hire required and CPR -Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation upon hire required and ACM - Accredited Case Manager upon hire preferred or CCM - Certified Case Manager upon hire preferred or Other - ANCC upon hire preferred

What You Will Do

• Ensure patients are transitioned to appropriate levels of care in a timely and effective manner:
• Reviews the Texas Health Readmission Indicator List (THRIL) scores daily for all assigned patients
• Identify high risk patients whose THRIL score
• Promotes discussion and assists in the identification of a primary care physician (PCP) for patients
• Completes Transition Evaluations on patients within 24 hours of identification and begins discharge planning
• Interviews and assesses patients and caregivers as part of the transition evaluation
• Identifies transition needs and discusses funding of post-transition care with patients and caregivers

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Employee:

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, Medical, Dental, Paid Parental Leave, Flex Spending, Tuition Reimbursement, Student Loan Forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Learn ( more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards!

Texas Health Dallas Highlights:

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We're an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966.

We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services and emergency medicine. Plus, we're a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women's imaging services.

Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center and a designated Magnet hospital. We're a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more.

If you're ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let's show the world how we're even better together!

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