Saint Francis Memorial Hospital is an accredited not-for-profit community hospital that has been providing exceptional health care in San Francisco for more than 100 years. As San Francisco’s only downtown hospital Saint Francis is uniquely situated to care for international and domestic visitors as well as the residents that make up San Francisco’s diverse population.We encourage employee participation at all levels to encourage growth and excellence. Known as the downtown hospital Saint Francis boasts all private rooms and a friendly atmosphere.The hospital is renowned for orthopedics with leading programs in sports medicine joint replacement spine care and occupational medicine. Saint Francis is also known for outstanding acute burn care emergency medicine acute rehabilitation and a nationally-honored cancer care program.

• Supervises the department in an efficient manner to ensure timely and compliant care coordination discharge planning utilization review and social work interventions resulting in quality patient care.
• Directly oversees and adjusts when necessary staff scheduling to ensure appropriate personnel resources for departmental operations.
• Provides timely support coaching counseling or corrective intervention within scope of authority as indicated maintaining documentation and engaging Human Resources and the department Manager/ Director when appropriate.
• Considers the population served by the medical center and area clinical integration programs and leads efforts to optimize care coordination across the care continuum. This coordination ensures a plan of care for patients in all stages of health.

Education and Experience:

• Masters Degree in Social Work from a university or college accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
• Minimum of three (3) years in a hospital based Clinical Social Work role.

Licensure:

• Current State License for Social Work