About this role
The Discharge Planner is responsible for delivering social services, including psychosocial evaluation and treatment, advocacy, teaching, referrals to community services, and assistance, as needed, with discharge planning. Interviews patients, makes social assessments, and interacts with families, significant others, physicians, and staff, to obtain information that will assist with patient’s ability to understand his or her medical condition(s). Makes recommendations for additional services upon discharge. Ensures documentation in the medical record is clear and complete.
Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys Behavioral Health (also known as Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys) is a 57-bed psychiatric hospital that provides acute inpatient and outpatient mental health services on a voluntary basis to adults. As an acute inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facility, Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys provides services designed to help a patient’s psychological well-being. These services include round-the-clock nursing care, daily medical management by internists and psychiatrists, as well as daily group therapy led by social service staff and recreation therapy staff.
Other facts
About Prospect Medical
Alta Hospitals System, part of Prospect Medical’s California operations, owns and operates seven hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange County. The five hospitals are Southern California Hospitals at Culver City and Hollywood, Los Angeles and Norwalk Community Hospitals, and Foothill Regional Medical Center in Tustin. Our two behavioral health hospitals are Los Angeles Community Hospital at Bellflower and Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys.
Our acute care hospitals offer orthopedics/spine services, cardiac, general and specialized surgery, surgical weight loss, vascular services, critical care, pulmonary services, GI program, neurology, and addiction and behavioral health programs, as well as emergency and urgent care departments. Our Tustin hospital also operates a pediatric subacute unit. Visit each hospital website for more information about specific programs and services (below).
Our hospitals are nationally recognized by Healthgrades for Patient Safety Excellence, Pulmonary Excellence and GI Excellence. For a complete list of clinical achievements, visit each hospital’s website.
We welcome nurses and other healthcare professionals passionate about provide quality, compassionate, accessible healthcare in the LA and OC regions.
To learn more about nursing careers, visit:
Los Angeles Community Hospitals: lach-la.com/nursing
Southern California Hospitals: sch-culvercity/nursing
Hospital and Career Information:
Southern California Hospital at Culver City: sch-culvercity.com
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood: sch-hollywood.com
Van Nuys Behavioral Health Hospital: sch-vannuys.com
Los Angeles Community Hospital: lach-la.com
Norwalk Community Hospital: lach-norwalk.com
Bellflower Behavioral Health Hospital: lach-bellflower.com
Foothill Regional Medical Center: foothillregionalmedicalcenter.com
What you'll do
- The Discharge Planner is responsible for delivering social services, including psychosocial evaluation and treatment, advocacy, and assistance with discharge planning. They interview patients and interact with families and staff to gather information that aids in understanding the patient's medical condition.
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