Medical Social Consultant - UI Health, Mile Square Health Center

Medical Social Consultant – UI Health, Mile Square Health Center

Hiring Department: MSHC- Clinic

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID:

FTE: 1

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 8:00PM, Some Saturdays

Shift: Days

# of Positions: 2

Workplace Type: On-Site

Posting Close Date: January 1, 2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $67,329.60 - 118,747.20 / Annual Salary

About the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health)

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission-accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity. Learn more at

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate as an integrated component within the primary care team by being available for warm-handoff brief screening and interventions at the direction of primary care clinicians on the day of service.
• Actively assess daily schedules of primary care clinicians to proactively plan on potential warm-handoff and brief interventions, communicate during session huddles, and co-locate with primary care clinicians and nursing staff during clinical hours.
• Conduct brief screening and targeted counseling, provide short-term counseling if needed, and bridge patients to specialty mental health services when appropriate.
• Manage behavioral health referrals and message pool for the respective location under the direction of the Main Behavioral Health Coordinator (Medical Social Consultant).
• Conduct assessments to identify individual needs and psychosocial risk factors and develop a specific care management plan to address objectives and goals identified during the assessment. Promote and coordinate optimum healthcare services with cost-effective solutions.
• Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability, accessing and mobilizing family/community resources to meet identified needs. Provide crisis intervention and brief-term counseling with patients and families.
• Implement care plans by facilitating authorizations/referrals as appropriate within the patients benefit structure or through extra-contractual arrangements in conjunction with the care team.
• Identify and communicate a self-management plan specifically developed to assist with the improvement of self-monitoring and symptom identification.
• Assess patients' healthcare needs and initiate outside referrals for community resources and services needed.
• Empower patients to identify changes in health status and recognize the need to notify their primary care provider of changes.
• Collaborate with the MSHC-BHI team, health center staff, primary care and specialty care providers, school staff, patients, families, insurance carriers, customers, and facilities to assess the patient's healthcare and psychosocial needs and assure appropriate safe, cost-effective, timely, and efficient services.
• Facilitate daily communication with the MSHC-BHI team to discuss plan of care and assist with expediting care across the continuum, including participating in daily huddles and communicating to the Care Team or PCP any patient issue that will enhance the office visit.
• Identify service delivery problems and potential for effective care management intervention. Assist in identifying system problems and issues that impede diagnostic or treatment progression to the appropriate administrative liaison. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team when delays occur in consults, treatments, discharge planning, or procedures to facilitate timely, cost-effective delivery of patient services.
• Participate in approved clinical research protocols including subject recruitment, screening, and administration of research instruments in the form of questionnaires and diagnostic interviews.
• Compose components of quality assurance and other clinical tracking activity reports. Prepare and/or submit program and treatment reports using quantitative and qualitative data.
• Practice in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and ethical principles.
• Maintain professional license in active and current status. Maintain expertise through participation in continuing education programs. Serve as experienced resource and patient services facilitation reference for care team members.
• Review and provide input into policies and procedures related to continuum of care and patient services facilitation.
• Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Required

1. Master's degree from an accredited school or university in social or behavioral science or a related health specialty area.
2. Current State of IL Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and/or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC).

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of recent experience providing therapy services.

To Apply

For fullest consideration click on the Apply Now button, please fully complete all sections of the online application including adding your full work history with specific details of your duties & responsibilities for each position held. Fully complete the education, licensure, certification and language sections. You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts and diplomas within the application.

Please note that once you have submitted your application you will not be able to make any changes. In order to revise your application you must withdraw and reapply. You will not be able to reapply after the posting close date. Please ensure the application is fully completed and all supporting documents have been uploaded before the posting close date. Illinois Residency is required within 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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