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Medical Social Worker (MSW)

Counseling, resources and advocacy for patients and the people who love them.

Pay range
$32 – $42 per hour ($66,000 – $87,000 annualized)
Mileage reimbursed; licensure supervision hours available.
Schedule & reporting
Full time or part time · Field based
Reports to: Administrator / IDG
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Position summary

The MSW completes psychosocial assessments, provides counseling to patients and families, connects them with community resources and advocates for safe, dignified care and discharge planning.

Essential duties

  • Complete psychosocial assessments and update the psychosocial plan of care.
  • Provide short-term counseling to patients, caregivers and families, including grief support.
  • Arrange community resources: benefits, transportation, long-term care placement, funeral planning.
  • Assess for abuse, neglect, exploitation and safety risks and complete mandatory reporting.
  • Support advance directive conversations and goals-of-care discussions.
  • Contribute to IDG and coordinate with bereavement services after a death.

Requirements

  • • Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited program.
  • • Arizona LMSW or LCSW (or eligibility) as required for the assignment.
  • • Valid Arizona driver license, reliable vehicle and current auto insurance.
  • • Negative TB screening and background clearance.

Preferred

  • • Hospice, palliative or medical social work experience.
  • • Bilingual English/Spanish.

Interview questions

These are the questions we ask for this role — applicants are welcome to prepare, and hiring managers use them for every interview so candidates are compared fairly.

  1. 1.Describe a psychosocial assessment that changed the plan of care.
  2. 2.A caregiver is overwhelmed and threatening to stop caring for the patient. What do you do?
  3. 3.Walk me through how you handle a suspected financial exploitation of a hospice patient.
  4. 4.How do you explain the difference between a living will and a POLST to a family?
  5. 5.Tell me about a placement you arranged with almost no notice.
  6. 6.What are your limits, and how do you know when to bring the RN or chaplain in?

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The entire new hire packet is completed and signed online — application, handbook, I-9, W-4, TB screening and policy acknowledgments. Nothing to print.

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