Social Worker

**Requisition number:** 1058351
**Job category:** Medical & Clinical Operations

Explore opportunities with Caretenders, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of **Caring. Connecting. Growing together.**

As the Medical Social Worker, provides medical social services under the direction of a physician and Interdisciplinary Group to assist in the understanding of significant social and emotional factors related to the patient's health status and in development of coping mechanisms.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

+ Assists the patient, significant others, physician and health care team staff t...