Social Worker II - LMSW, Acute Care Contract $60/hr
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This posting states $45–$62 an hour. Open medical social worker jobs in New York post a median of $37.38 an hour, the middle half $36.39–$42.24, across 16 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Medical social workers employed in New York earn a median of $35.13 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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About the job
FLEXSTAFF LMSW - ED and Inpatient
Provides individual, and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.
Responsibilities
- Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help individuals maximize their functioning
- Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention. Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions
- Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient
- Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families
- Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice. Initiates communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed
- Incorporates knowledge of community resource sand entitlement programs in all planning
- Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures
- Represents department and profession is various hospital/site based committees and work groups
- May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of students field placement performance
- Consults with program management regarding students training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with students faculty advisor at prescribed intervals
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Qualifications
- Master of Social Work required
- Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker, or Current License to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
- 1-3 years of relevant experience, required
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
From Northwell Health's job posting, checked 5 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York's largest health system, a nonprofit with 28 (source: Northwell Health, About Northwell) hospitals, more than 1,000 (source: Northwell Health, About Northwell) outpatient care locations and more than 104,000 (source: Northwell Health, About Northwell) employees in New York and Connecticut, including the Nuvance Health hospitals it merged with in 2025. Source: Northwell Health, About Northwell
Based in New Hyde Park, NYHires in New York, ConnecticutPay on its listings: 51.7% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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