Social Worker - LMSW, Heart Transplant

Mayo Clinic•Phoenix, AZ

15h•$69,451 - $104,270•Onsite

About The Position

The heart transplant social worker delivers specialized psychosocial care to patients across the continuum of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation. This role requires strong clinical judgment, efficiency, and the ability to perform effectively under pressure while maintaining professionalism, sound decision-making, and reliable follow-through. As a core member of the multidisciplinary team, this position supports patients and caregivers from initial evaluation through candidacy review, waitlist management, transplant hospitalization, and lifelong post-transplant follow-up. The social worker provides psychosocial support in both inpatient and outpatient settings, addressing clinical, emotional, logistical, and caregiver-related needs while helping patients navigate insurance, disability, and financial assistance resources with clarity and empathy. This role calls for advanced clinical judgment, strong psychosocial assessment skills, and the ability to complete urgent, high-stakes evaluations in a fast-paced environment. It also requires knowledge of psychosocial complexities associated with long-term device management, transplant readiness, and patient stability. At Mayo Clinic Arizona, transplant social workers are valued as essential clinical partners within a highly collaborative, nationally recognized transplant program. This role offers the opportunity to support patients and families through some of the most complex and meaningful moments in healthcare while advancing excellence in heart transplant and LVAD care.

Requirements

LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker)
Strong clinical judgment
Efficiency
Ability to perform effectively under pressure
Professionalism
Sound decision-making
Reliable follow-through
Strong psychosocial assessment skills
Knowledge of psychosocial complexities associated with long-term device management, transplant readiness, and patient stability.

Responsibilities

Deliver specialized psychosocial care to patients across the continuum of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation.
Support patients and caregivers from initial evaluation through candidacy review, waitlist management, transplant hospitalization, and lifelong post-transplant follow-up.
Provide psychosocial support in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Address clinical, emotional, logistical, and caregiver-related needs.
Assist patients in navigating insurance, disability, and financial assistance resources.
Complete urgent, high-stakes evaluations in a fast-paced environment.
Utilize knowledge of psychosocial complexities associated with long-term device management, transplant readiness, and patient stability.