Care Transition Manager, Social Worker - Full time, Days
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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
Key Skills
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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