JOB SUMMARY:

The Social Worker will evaluate the psychosocial needs of patients and family support systems and will coordinate appropriate discharge plans for identified patient populations. The Social Worker acts as a liaison between the facility and resources external to the organization. He/she will facilitate implementing timely discharge plans and facilitate follow-up to anticipated post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. The Social Worker will provide crisis intervention and support. The Social Worker will assist the Resource Manager in facilitating patient movement across the continuum of care and will identify and track barriers to patient throughput.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs a comprehensive assessment of psychosocial needs of assigned patients
• Assesses patients discharge needs and facilitates the provision of services necessary to meet identified needs
• Evaluates suspected abuse and neglect referrals and makes official reports
• Develops an individual plan of care for recurring patients to include education related to accessing healthcare services at the appropriate level of care
• Provides education to the under-resources patient/family of potential and available resources
• In collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, develops, implements, evaluates, revises as needed, a discharge plan to include identifies psychosocial an discharge needs
• Documents professional recommendations, care coordination interventions, and case management activities to effectively communicate to all members of the health care team
• Participates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure psychosocial and discharge needs are addressed
• Acts as a liaison through effective and professional communications between and with physicians, patient/family, hospital staff, and outside agencies
• Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory requirements, HCA Ethics and Compliance policies, and quality initiatives
• Makes appropriate referrals, after collaboration with the Case Manager, to third party payer disease and case management programs for recurring patients and patients with chronic disease states
• Facilitates patient throughput with an ongoing focus on quality outcomes and an efficient transition between levels of care
• Tracks and trends barriers to care, makes recommendations and develops action plans to improve processes and systems
• Provides psychosocial support to patients and families through crises intervention
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered
• Acts as an advocate for identified needs and makes appropriate referrals
• Acts as a liaison between the facility and community resources to enhance community outreach coordination
• Tracks and trends variances barriers related to access to care
• Adheres to established policy and procedure and standard of care

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Our 135-bed facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and features an accredited Chest Pain Center.

Acquired by Vanderbilt Health in 2021, the hospital has served Tullahoma, Coffee County, and surrounding counties for more than 50 years. With more than 100 doctors and 500 hospital staff, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital delivers personalized, high-quality health care close to home, offering a comprehensive range of services in a modern, patient-friendly environment

Our goal is to create an exceptional experience for our patients and their families: keeping them safe, delivering evidence-based medicine, and treating them with kindness and respect.

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Position Shift:

• Full-time (40 hours/week), days.

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VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 ^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.