Medical Social Worker

salary $35.87 per hour |

suitcasePART_TIME |

clock July 4th, 2025

Job Description:

The Clinical Social Worker utilizes clinical expertise to perform psychosocial assessments, develop and implement plans of care appropriate care team, assess crisis situations to appropriately provide needed resources and or referrals for the patient, and to provide family and individual treatment as indicated. This position works collaboratively with patients, patients significant other, families, healthcare providers, insurers, community resources, and all other involved parties.

Job Specifics

  • Pay Range Clinical: $34.06-$52.55 Non Exempt
  • Pay Range Certified: $30.94-$47.77 Non Exempt
  • Benefits Eligible: No
  • FTE: PRN
  • Shift: Rotating weekends and day time shifts.

Job Essentials

  • Assesses the patients medical history, mental health history, and current presentation to understand the patients needs from treatment.
  • Organizes and prioritizes daily work by assessing new, current, and discharging patient needs in area(s) of responsibility.
  • Diagnoses and treats various mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
  • Performs social work consultation for patients and caregivers. Conducts psychosocial assessments. Provides supportive, crisis bereavement and other social work interventions as necessary.
  • Develops a plan of care either individually or with input from the patient, patient family and significant others, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team.
  • Modifies care plans to reflect changes in patient status.
  • Refers patients to other services to improve their well-being. These referrals may include community services, treatment programs, support groups, psychiatrists, or other mental health providers.
  • Educates, communicates, and coordinates with multiple patient care teams and outside agencies as necessary to ensure the patient receives quality care, a timely discharge, and to identify and resolve delays and issues. Credentialing through medical staff office and peer review requirements may apply if working in the behavioral health setting.
  • May provide support and debriefing, in conjunction with the Employee Assistance Program, for staff members following adverse events.
  • Acts as an advocate on behalf of patients and families, where appropriate, to ensure effective communication with multidisciplinary care team, outside agencies and other resources as necessary.
  • Works with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a discharge plan in order to provide further care, services, and referrals in order to ensure continuity of care.
  • Completes timely and accurate documentation in the medical record using knowledge of documentation standards for the department to facilitate communication with team members. Documentation is done in compliance with all clinical guidelines and billing/reimbursement standards.
  • Complies with federal, state, local, and clinical program/facility standards.
  • Acts within the scope of the Mental Health Practice Act.
  • May identify patients at risk for potential avoidable delays, extended stay, readmission, financial or complex discharge needs. Coordinate with care providers and leaders to reach optimal solutions.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Masters Degree in Social Work. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
  • Current State Licensure as CSW, LCSW or LMFT.
  • Computer Skills, i.e., email, word processing.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with patients, families, and treatment teams.

Physical Requirements:

Location:

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$34.06 - $52.55

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence (AI) platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

All positions subject to close without notice.

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