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Charleston, South Carolina

Social Worker I or II - MSW

Social Worker Top 25% in Social WorkFull-Time

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Full-Time
Call expectations
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Weekends
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Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Job Description Summary

  • The Social Worker (MSW) will be employed to administer the patient navigation intervention that is part of a recently funded research study.
  • Entity
  • Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)
  • Worker Type
  • Employee
  • Worker Sub-Type​
  • Regular
  • Cost Center
  • CC004968 CHS - Hollings Social Workers (Main)
  • Pay Rate Type

Salary

  • Pay Grade
  • Health-26
  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • 40

Work Shift

Job Description

Social Worker I

Interviews patients and relatives to obtain social history relevant to medical problems and planning. Assists patients with environmental difficulties that interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

Serves as liaison between medical and nursing staffs, patients, relatives and appropriate outside agencies. Interprets and assists in resolving social problems that relate to medical condition and/or hospitalization.

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Social WorkEducation: Bachelor's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Credentials: BSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management preferred.

Social Worker II Assists with coordination of the discharge process to ensure a successful transition in collaboration with the health care team to achieve targeted patient outcomes. This role completes an assessment on the patient and caregivers throughout the hospitalization and outpatient follow-up as needed.

This position identifies risk factors that the patient may experience after discharge and applies discharge interventions to lower the patient risk of an undesirable event post discharge. The Social Worker (MSW) bridges the discharge to outpatient provider with the patient and caregiver to address issues and questions.

Education: Master's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Credentials: MSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management preferred.

Additional Job Description

Education: Bachelor's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Credentials: BSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management preferred.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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Key Responsibilities

The social worker will administer patient navigation interventions and facilitate the discharge process to ensure successful transitions for patients. They act as a liaison between medical staff, patients, and families to resolve social issues affecting medical care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited program. Licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners is required for the respective role level.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient assessmentDischarge planningMedical social workInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionSocial history documentationCare coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker I or II - MSW at MUSC a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,104 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 30% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
90% this job
Sign-on bonus
23%
CME allowance
23%
Loan repayment
20%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 6,104 Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$534k
Typical market rent
$2,312/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About MUSC

Hospitals and Health Care
Charleston, South Carolina
5,001-10,000 employees

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