Care Transition Manager, Social Worker - Full time, Days

Social WorkerIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

  • Care Transition Manager Social Worker - Care Management
  • Bring your passion to Texas Health So We Are Better + Together
  • Work location: Texas Health Frisco, 12400 Dallas Parkway NB, Frisco, TX 75033
  • Work hours: Fulltime – Days; 8:00a - 5:00p

Care Transition Department 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 Social Worker

  • 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.
  • Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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Key Responsibilities

Ensure patients are transitioned to appropriate levels of care in a timely and effective manner. This includes conducting transition evaluations, identifying high-risk patients, and coordinating with primary care physicians and caregivers.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work and a valid LMSW or LCSW license upon hire. Preference is given to candidates with three years of hospital social work experience and professional case management certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

CPR (preferred)

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentCrisis InterventionCare CoordinationPatient Advocacy

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 30% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution39 jobs · 30 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
25%
CME allowance
25%
Loan repayment
13% this job
PSLF eligible
13% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,492 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Frisco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k
Typical market rent
$1,874/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Texas Health Resources

Hospitals and Health Care
Arlington, Texas
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

401k
PTO
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Flex Spending
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Forgiveness