Uw Health

Manager Social Work Transplant

Uw Health$75K — $95K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Social Work required.
  • Five years post-Master's social work experience required.
  • Two years of healthcare social work experience required.
  • Progressive leadership experience preferred.
  • Experience leading change in healthcare required.
  • Experience in process and quality improvement required.
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of transplant social workers for adult and pediatric solid organ transplants.
  • Balance people leadership with oversight of regulatory and quality initiatives.
  • Support complex transplant evaluations ensuring compliance with regulations.
  • Collaborate with transplant program leaders and healthcare professionals to optimize patient care.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership in a high-acuity environment.
  • Navigate regulatory and audit-driven settings.
  • Ensure documentation compliance for audits and evaluations.

Benefits

  • Excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance.
  • Paid time off and retirement plans offered.
  • Two-week paid parental leave and adoption assistance available.
  • Flexible schedules and shifts promoting work-life balance.
  • Access to resources supporting emotional, financial, and physical well-being.
  • Tuition benefits to assist with professional growth and coursework.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Work Schedule:
This is a full time position working core business hours, Monday through Friday, at University Hospital in Madison, WI. Training will be completed onsite. Once training is concluded, the role offers a hybrid schedule with the opportunity to work offsite 2-3 days per week.

Come lead social work services across one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive adult and pediatric transplant programs.

We are seeking a Manager, Social Work - Transplant to:
  • Lead a specialized team of transplant social workers supporting adult and pediatric solid organ transplant programs.
  • Balance people leadership with regulatory, quality, and program oversight.
  • Support complex, ethically charged transplant evaluations while ensuring regulatory, audit, and documentation compliance.
  • Collaborate closely with transplant program leaders, physicians, pharmacy, and financial counselors to optimize access, outcomes, and cost-effective care.
  • Demonstrate strong, visible people leadership in a high-acuity, high complexity environment.
  • Bring experience navigating regulatory and audit-driven clinical settings.


At UW Health, you will have:
  • An excellent benefits package, including health and dental insurance, paid time off, retirement plans, two-week paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
  • Options for a variety of schedules and shifts that offer flexibility and allow for work-life balance.
  • Access to great resources through the UW Health Employee Wellbeing Department that supports your emotional, financial, and physical well-being.
  • Tuition benefits eligibility - UW Health invests in your professional growth by helping pay for coursework associated with career advancement.

Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Social Work. Required


Work Experience
  • Post-Master's degree, five (5) years social work experience, including two (2) years of health care social work experience. Required
  • Progressive leadership experience in leadership and management. Preferred
  • Experience leading change in healthcare. Required
  • Experience in process improvement and quality improvement principles. Required


Licenses & Certifications
  • Licensed in the state of Wisconsin as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Required


University Hospital in Madison is a Magnet®-designated facility that's ranked Wisconsin's #1 hospital and considered one of the nation's leading hospitals, teaching institutions and referral centers.

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About Uw Health

UW Health University Hospital is a 515-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin. It is an American College of Surgeons designated Level I adult and pediatric trauma center, one of only two in Wisconsin. UW Health University Hospital has seven intensive care units, pediatric, neonatal, cardiac, cardiothoracic, burn, neurosurgery). UW Health University Hospital was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 16th best hospital in the United States and the #1 hospital in Wisconsin in the publication's 2021-2022 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, earning national rankings in 10 adult and 6 pediatric specialties. Additionally, UW Health University Hospital was ranked as the 22nd best hospital in the United States and #84th Best Hospitals in the world by Newsweek in 2022. UW Health describes itself as "the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin–Madison." It is the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is also the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy, and is a teaching affiliate of Edgewood College's Henry Predolin School of Nursing. UW Health University Hospital is home to the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. UW Health also operates the American Family Children's Hospital, a 110-bed pediatric hospital located adjacent to University Hospital, as well as UW Health at the American Center, a 59-bed hospital and emergency room located on the Northeast Side of Madison. Additionally, UW Health operates a network of outpatient clinics at over 80 sites throughout southern and central Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and has partnerships with UnityPoint Meriter Hospital in Madison, Beloit Hospital in Beloit, Wisconsin, and Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. UW Health also has an affiliated insurance company, Quartz Health Solutions, Inc., operated in partnership with UnityPoint Health and Gundersen Health System.
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