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*******Fingerprinting must be submitted and cleared prior to start!***** **PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT ADDRESS FOR FINGERPRINT PACKET TO BE MAILED VIA FEDERAL EXPRES** Please submit only if Tuba City housing and travel are secured. MUST provide copies of current immunizations negative Tb skin test proof of last two years provide documentation of 2 MMR vaccinations Tdap and Flu shot. Clean background check negative 10 panel drug screen within 7 days all PRIOR to arrival. Tuba City Regional Healthcare does not require your RN to have an AZ state license. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation a JCAHO accredited health center provides services to a 4400 square mile area and serves as a referral center for the western part of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. The hospital was constructed in 1975 with a bed capacity of 73. Services provided to the community include comprehensive inpatient/outpatient emergency services dental and ophthalmology services orthopedics OB/GYN oral surgery eye surgery and urological procedures. Approximately 49 of the surgeries performed are out patient/ambulatory surgical procedures. Learn more about our organization. The Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation is located in Northwestern Arizona on the land known as the Colorado Plateau. This semidesert landscape varies in elevation from 4400 in the Little Colorado River Valley to nearly 7000 feet at Preston Mesa. The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo Hopi and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo Hispanic and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. The staff of medical providers includes surgeons general medical officers internal medicine psychiatrists pediatricians family practice physicians obstetricians ENT specialists orthopedic surgeons and urologists. Dental staff includes general dentists endodontists oral and maxillofacial surgeons pediatric dentists dental assistants and hygienists. The nursing staff includes registered nurses licensed practical nurses nursing assistants community health nurses nurse practitioners nurse midwives CRNA and community health medics. POSITION SUMMARY Incumbent serves as an Outpatient/Inpatient Social Worker/Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager for TCRHCC and Sacred Peaks Healthcare Center (SPHC) and is responsible for direct supervision and supportive contact for the specific group of identified highrisk patients. The Social Worker/RN Case Manager is responsible for designing and managing a continuum of care focusing on empowering clients to achieve demonstrable outcomes and selfsufficiency. The Social Worker/RN Case Manager is responsible for assessment service planning and resource acquisition monitoring progress and initiating and responding to emerging client needs. The Social Worker/RN Case Manager will link the client with Community Social Service providers health care providers substance abuse and mental health providers to achieve specific goals. The Social Worker/RN Case Manager is responsible for utilization review of patient cases in the inpatient and outpatient services departments and review of medical necessity of referrals to specialty providers for services not normally provided within the TCRHCC facility. The incumbent will work with a multidisciplinary team to promote the efficient and effective use of a variety of health care resources by focusing on the whole patient to provide a seamless continuum of care. The goals are the provision of quality care decrease the fragmentation of care enhancement of patient selfcare and quality of life and cost containment. The incumbent will work closely with Providers Nurses Social Workers Physicians the PRC department and all health care providers staff at TCRHCC to ensure implementation of appropriate resources in the fulfillment of utilization goals for the hospital and thirdparty payors. The Social Worker/RN Case Manager will be responsible to the Director of Case Management/Care Coordination. Education: MSW Social Worker: Master s Degree in Social Work (MSW) License/Certification: Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by the American Heart Association throughout employment MSW Social Worker: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW). A valid current full and unrestricted Professional License to practice LMSW or LCSW in any state of the United States of America The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States Experience: Must have a minimum of three 3 years of experience in the clinical care setting Experience and knowledge of discharge planning case management or utilization review processes. Demonstrate knowledge of electronic health record systems.
Shift: Monday to Friday 8am5pm Weekend on call rotation would be 1 weekend a month
Specialty Type: Nursing
Sub Specialties: LCSW
General Certifications: General Certifications(ACLSBLS/BCLSPALSNRPATT)Please CLICK HERE to view details.
Employment Type
Full Time
