Social Worker

Grand Strand Medical Center – HCA; Myrtle Beach (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan with match

Tuition assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Counseling and well-being support

Paid time off and family leave

Disability coverage

Fertility and family building benefits

Job summary

Grand Strand Medical Center – HCA in Myrtle Beach, SC seeks a Medical Social Worker to promote patient‑centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and coordinating community resources throughout discharge planning. You will liaise with the care team and post‑acute providers to ensure smooth patient movement across the continuum of care.

The role requires a Master’s in Social Work; LMSW/LCSW licensure is preferred. Hospital experience (3–5 years) is commonly valued for this position.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work required.
• LMSW or LCSW licensure preferred but not required.
• Prior social worker experience strongly preferred.
• 3–5 years hospital patient care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff to identify and address patient needs.
• Identify and address barriers to discharge including financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual.
• Perform thorough assessments and develop discharge plans for high‑risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.
• Obtain input from the RN case manager to ensure discharge plans align with the patient care plan and reassess as needed.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care planning and proactive discharge planning.
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding community resources and post‑acute level of care criteria, benefits, and coverage.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team, patients, families and caregivers; assist in difficult decisions respecting patient values.

Skills

LMSW/LCSW licensure

Prior social work experience

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Medical Social Worker

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Medical Social Worker (SW) is responsible for promoting patient-centered care by evaluating psychosocial needs and providing community service coordination for identified patient populations. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, the Social Worker acts as a liaison between the patient and community resources/post-acute care providers. The SW creates and facilitates the timely implementation of discharge plans and arranges post-acute interventions identified in the plan of care. The SW facilitates patient movement across the continuum of care. The scope of this role includes primarily Med/Surg units but candidate must be open to working in all areas of the hospital.

What you will do in this role:

• You will work collaboratively with RN case managers, acute care nurses, physicians, insurance companies, and other staff members to proactively identify and address patient needs.
• You will identify and address barriers to discharge and recovery. These barriers include financial, emotional, psychosocial, medical, and spiritual.
• You will perform thorough assessments and develop appropriate discharge plans for high-risk patients with discharge planning or psychosocial needs.
• You will obtain input from the RN case manager to ensure the discharge plan is appropriate and aligns with the patient care plan. You will reassess and modify the patient discharge plan as needed, in conjunction with the clinical team.
• You will participate in the interdisciplinary care planning process and perform proactive discharge planning.
• You will provide education to patients and caregivers regarding community resources and post-acute level of care criteria, benefits, and coverage.
• You will coordinate and facilitate meetings between the care team and patients/families/caregivers. You will assist patients and families in making difficult decisions while honoring their preferences and values.

What qualifications you will need:

• A Master’s Degree in Social Work is required
• Licensure as a LMSW or a LCSW is preferred, but not required
• Prior Social Worker experience strongly preferred
• 3-5 years of experience in hospital patient care is preferred

Benefits

Grand Strand Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Grand Strand Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1978, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 40 years of pioneering healthcare, our 300+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services for our patients - including the only cardiac surgery program, neurosurgery program, pediatric intensive care unit, Level I trauma center with two free-standing emergency departments, advanced wound care center, breast cancer center and Carolina Forest Imaging Center. We are recognized, for the chest pain, knee and hip replacement, sepsis and stroke by the Joint Commission.

At Grand Strand Health, you'll find that caring extends to our patients, our people and our South Carolina community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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