Medical Social Worker II - Hospice

Munson Healthcare; Cadillac (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Munson Healthcare in northern Michigan is seeking a Social Worker to provide short-term counseling and crisis intervention within a leading health system. You will support patients and families, assess psychosocial status, and help coordinate community resources as part of a collaborative care team.

The role emphasizes effective interdisciplinary care, plan development, and discharge planning, with documentation in the electronic medical record to track progress and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work and CSWE accreditation.
• Current Michigan license as a MSW.
• At least 2 years of clinical or family work experience; home care or hospice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term individual counseling and crisis intervention.
• Assess psychosocial status and potential risk factors.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team and plan/discharge planning.
• Document evaluation data and interventions in the EMR.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Care coordination

Client counseling

Education

Master's degree in Social Work from the Council on Social Work Education.

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where peoplevacation.That’slife at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and alifestylemost people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just beMunson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values ofexcellence,teamness, positivity, creativity,and a commitment to creatingexceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and onlinedevelopment,and access to ourcareer hubto help you advance.

Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and freeindividualretirement counseling.

Be Well: Freewellness platform for you and your family,pluspersonalizedsupport for personal or family challenges.

Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day inthe Life

Provides social work services including short-term individual counseling, community resource planning and crisis intervention counseling, community resource planning and crisis intervention.

Assesses of the client’s psychosocial status, emotional factors related to illness, environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety, the patient/family psychosocial status and response to psychosocial interventions, family dynamics and communication patterns, potential for risk of suicide and/or abuse or neglect.

Participates in effective interdisciplinary care coordination, identification of problems, development of a plan of care, adherence to the plan of care and discharge planning.

Identifies and utilizes appropriate community resources and assesses patient/family ability to access them. Evaluates patient/family response to interventions when referred to community agency and satisfaction of the services provided.

Records in a timely manner evaluation data, progress notes, and interventions including client and family’s response to interventions in the electronic medical record.

Qualifications

What’s Required

• Master's degree in Social Work from the Council on Social Work Education.

Current Michigan License as a Master’s Social Worker required.

2 years of clinical or family work experience. Home care or hospice experience preferred.

Additional Information

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.