Social Work - Social Worker - $76K-109K per year

  • Covington
  • Multicare Health System, Inc.

MultiCare Health System is seeking a Social Work Social Worker for a job in Covington, Washington.

Job Description & Requirements
  • Specialty: Social Worker
  • Discipline: Social Work
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • 30 hours per week
  • Shift: 8 hours, days
  • Employment Type: Staff

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus eligible!

FTE: 0.75 , Shift: days , Schedule: This will consistently cover a Saturday!

Position Summary

The Hospital Social Worker Trainee is an excellent entry-level opportunity at MultiCare, responsible for exemplary cross continuum care coordination, psychosocial assessments, and psychosocial interventions. In this role you will identify opportunities to continually improve patient care, services and population health.

Responsibilities

  • You will perform cross continuum care activities, which may include clinic, provider practice, urgent care, phone care agency, skilled care, or other sites of care, as appropriate
  • You will provide customer service to the patient, family, physician/APP, and care team members to include discharge milestones and progression to next level of care
  • You will model and orchestrate consistent, professional communications and maintain consistent and proactive communication patterns with colleagues and staff
  • You will delegate responsibilities appropriately but remains accountable for outcomes
  • You will ensure that the patient and family experiences medically appropriate transitions of care

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Social Work with Healthcare-based practicum
  • Licensed in the state of Washington as Social Worker Associate Independent Clinical (LSWAIC) with a commitment to obtain their LICSW within four (4) years
  • Hospital or equivalent experience preferred; experience prior to obtaining a Master’s degree may be considered
  • Health industry knowledge preferred
  • Healthcare financial assistance knowledge preferred

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

  • Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
  • Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
  • Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
  • Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
  • Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
  • Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
  • Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $75,941.00 - $109,262.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.

MultiCare Health System Job ID #JR31018. Posted job title: Hospital Social Worker - Covington

About MultiCare Health System

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.

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Benefits
  • Weekly pay
  • Continuing Education
  • Wellness and fitness programs
  • Medical benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • License and certification reimbursement
  • Guaranteed Hours
  • 403b retirement plan
  • Sick pay
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Dental benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Sign-On bonus