Social Worker (LMSW/LISW) - Ambulatory Palliative Care
Medical University of South Carolina · US
Job Description Summary The Ambulatory Palliative Care Social Worker serves as an essential member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, providing c...
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Job Description Summary 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. This role focuses on whole-person care, identifying and addressing social determinants of health, facilitating complex care discussions, improving care coordination, and enhancing quality of life across the disease trajectory. Entity: Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type: Employee Worker Sub-Type: Regular Cost Center: CC000584 CHS - Palliative Care (Main) Pay Rate Type: Salary Pay Grade: Health-29 Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Work Shift: Job Description: The Ambulatory Palliative Care Social Worker (LMSW/LISW preferred) serves as a core member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, providing comprehensive psychosocial assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and resource navigation for adults with serious illness and their families. This full-time role supports rising patient volumes and complexity by facilitating goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, caregiver support, and connections to community...