Weekend Caseworker

Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaiʻi.

The Social Worker IV provides advanced social work and case management services for patients across acute care, long-term care, behavioral health, emergency, home care, and outpatient settings. This experienced clinician manages complex cases, coordinates discharge planning, advocates for patients and families, and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations while promoting safe, patient-centered care.

Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments, provide counseling, crisis intervention, and manage complex patient cases across multiple care settings.

Coordinate discharge planning by collaborating with physicians, interdisciplinary teams, community agencies, and post-acute care providers to ensure safe transitions of care.

Educate patients and families on advance directives, healthcare decision-making, insurance resources, financial assistance, and available community services.

Advocate for patients by coordinating guardianship, legal proceedings, substance abuse referrals, transportation, facility transfers, and other supportive services as needed.

Provide technical guidance to healthcare staff and social workers, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Maintain accurate documentation, participate in interdisciplinary care planning, and perform other related duties to support high-quality patient care.

Master's degree in Social Work (MSW).

One (1) year of specialized social work experience performing complex case management; healthcare social work experience preferred.

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit or

13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans

Employee Assistance Program

Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system

Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. Shift Details
Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations.