Social Worker (LMSW/LISW) - Ambulatory Palliative Care

About the role

The Ambulatory Palliative Care Social Worker serves as an essential member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, providing comprehensive psychosocial support to patients with serious illness and their families.

Responsibilities

• Identify and address social determinants of health
• Facilitate complex care discussions and improve care coordination
• Enhance quality of life across the disease trajectory
• Support rising patient volumes and complexity
• Facilitate goals-of-care conversations and advance care planning
• Provide caregiver support and connect to community resources
• Reduce avoidable ED visits and improve transitions of care
• Ensure alignment with national palliative care guidelines
• Relieve clinicians of tasks within the social work scope
• Support key strategic initiatives including transitions clinics and oncology integration
• Strengthen MUSC’s ability to improve patient experience, reduce total costs of care, and address social determinants of health in the ambulatory setting

Requirements

• Master's or Doctorate degree in social work from an accredited program
• 4-6 years of relevant work experience
• Current SC LISW license

Qualifications

• Energetic and enthusiastic personality

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of social determinants of health
• Experience with advance care planning and goal-concordant care

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Salary grade Health-29

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week

Entity

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Palliative Care (Main)

Cost Center

CC000584