Care Transition Manager, Social Worker - PRN, Days

Social WorkerIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Care Transition Manager SW (Social Worker) – Case Management

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

Work Location

Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano TX 75093

Work Hours

PRN (Weekdays/weekends. 3 shifts minimum per schedule (which runs a month). Two holidays per year required

Care Management Highlights

  • Flexible daytime hours
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse group of highly educated professionals
  • Care coordination with focus on timely discharges
  • Ability to pick your own schedule
  • Multidisciplinary team focus
  • Team oriented with focus on providing compassionate patient centered care
  • Evidence based practice

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, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Programs, as well as other benefits.
  • Delivery of high-quality patient care
  • Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
  • A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano is a 366-bed, Magnet-designated hospital and recognized clinical leader, providing technologically advanced care to Plano, Frisco and surrounding communities since 1991. This full-service facility features a full range of specialties including emergency medicine, cardiology, adult and adolescent behavioral health, pediatrics, an adult intensive care unit, state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services and a Level III NICU. Texas Health Plano has more than 1,600 employees and over 1,360 physicians on its medical staff in more than 65 specialties. The hospital is an Advanced Level III Trauma Facility, accredited Chest Pain Center by The Joint Commission, named “Best Place to Have a Baby” in Collin County and a Gold-Level Mother Friendly business. Texas Health Plano is the recipient of the Disease Specific Care Certifications from the Joint Commission in Chest Pain, Joint Replacement – Hip and Joint Replacement – Knee and an Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center. We invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

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

Key Responsibilities

The role ensures patients are transitioned to appropriate levels of care effectively by reviewing risk scores, identifying high-risk patients, and promoting PCP identification. Responsibilities also include completing transition evaluations within 24 hours, assessing needs, and discussing post-transition care funding with patients and caregivers.

Requirements

A Master's degree in social work is required, along with holding an LMSW or LCSW license and CPR certification upon hire. Preferred qualifications include three years of hospital/medical social work experience and one year in discharge planning or care management.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

CPR (preferred)

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Care Transition Manager, Social Worker - PRN, Days at Texas Health Resources a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,459 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 28% have no call, 66% 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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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.2
Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,459 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Plano

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$402k
Typical market rent
$1,742/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 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.