Social Worker (LMSWLISW) Ambulatory Palliative Care

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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 resources such as hospice while helping reduce avoidable ED visits improve transitions of care and enhance delivery of goalconcordant wholeperson care. The position ensures alignment with national palliative care guidelines relieves clinicians of tasks within the social work scope supports key strategic initiatives including transitions clinics and oncology integration and strengthens MUSCs ability to improve patient experience reduce total costs of care and address social determinants of health in the ambulatory setting.

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Minimum Requirements

• Education: Masters or Doctorate degree in social work from an accredited program.
• Work Experience: 4-6 years
• Licensure: Current SC LISW license

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