Hospice Social Worker - Fayetteville, NC

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VIA Health Partners is Coming to Your Community Soon!

VIA Health Partners is the largest non-profit hospice provider in the Carolinas, and we're excited to announce our expansion into your community in early 2026. While we don't have immediate openings, we are excited to connect you with our talent acquisition team and hiring managers to discuss your future with the organization!

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top‑10 nationally ranked provider of end‑of‑life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients’ and families’ needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity.
We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

• Delivery of Patient Care
  • Conducts psychosocial assessments of patients/caregivers and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and life situation.
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care for patients/caregivers and families. Incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and other clinical social work practices that specifically address patient/caregiver and family needs for counseling and education while maintaining the dignity of the dying patient. Specifically addresses patient’s and caregiver’s need for resource and referral services and advocacy. Updates plan of care as goals and objectives are achieved or changed.
  • Supports patient/family’s individual spiritual/cultural beliefs by assessing cultural issues, developing culturally sensitive care plans, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams in provision of culturally sensitive care.
  • If not an LCSW, consults with and involves a Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Social Work Preceptor in cases that require clinical social interventions or support beyond their expertise or scope of practice.
  • Documents assessments, care plans, interactions, and interventions according to regulatory and agency standards.
  • Participates in and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary group (IDG) and other VIA departments in achieving patient care goals.
  • Provides education on hospice philosophy and services, advance care planning, and other issues related to end of life care.
  • Conducts family meetings.
  • Collaborates with long term care community staff and other IDG members to determine the patient’s level of care and coordinate the appropriate utilization of services.
  • Initiates referral process for volunteers, chaplains, and grief services. Continues to reassess supportive service needs and interventions.
  • Maintains working knowledge of community agencies and resources, assessing and referring patient/family to appropriate resources.
  • Manages time, caseload, and technology.
• Assumes responsibility for the effective and professional delivery of health services.
  • Schedules visits in advance based on prioritized judgment of case load needs.
  • Prepares for visits, anticipates care needs, reviews plan of care and patient information, and obtains needed materials and educational resources for patients/caregiver.
  • Makes visits to provide needed care. Follows established plan of care, evaluates patient/caregiver responses to determine progress toward goals, and revises plan of care as necessary.
  • Provides interventions consistent with the plan of care and performs all interventions required for each visit. Identifies new problems or…