Social Worker - Emergency Department
Listed compensation
$46.8-$75.59/hr
Listing transparency4 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
This is a Day Shift Role
This is a combined posting for Care Manager MSW and Care Manager LCSW. The
requirements of each role are listed below under each associated title.
Consideration for each role will be based on qualifications. If you have the
qualifications of any one of these two positions, we you encourage you to apply.
Providence Swedish caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join
our team at Swedish Edmonds and thrive in our culture of patient-focused,
whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your
voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people,
we must empower them.
Care Manager MSW
The Clinical Social Worker partners with patients, families and the health care
team to address and advocate for patients' social and emotional needs. The
clinical social worker is responsible for providing a full range of social work
services including but not limited to psychosocial assessment, treatment
planning, therapeutic interventions, discharge planning, crisis intervention,
and resource referral. The clinical social worker partners with the patient and
his or her support system, as well as interdisciplinary teams, both internal and
external to the organization, to improve patient care through the effective
utilization and monitoring of health care resources. The clinical social worker
assumes a leadership role to facilitate the achievement of patient goals and
desired clinical, financial, and resource outcomes. The clinical social worker
is guided by the NASW Code of Ethics and the Swedish Mission and Vision in his
or her daily practice.
Required Qualifications
* Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school
* Upon hire: Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker Associate License
* 1 year of experience in the areas of acute medical or mental healthcare in an
inpatient or outpatient setting
Preferred Qualifications
* ACM/CCM certification
Care Manager MSW (Edmonds, WA), Salary Range: Min: $46.80 Max: $71.32
Care Manager LCSW
The Clinical Social Worker partners with patients, families and the health care
team to address and advocate for patients' social and emotional needs. The
clinical social worker is responsible for providing a full range of social work
services including but not limited to psychosocial assessment, treatment
planning, therapeutic interventions, discharge planning, crisis intervention,
and resource referral. The clinical social worker partners with the patient and
his or her support system, as well as interdisciplinary teams, both internal and
external to the organization, to improve patient care through the effective
utilization and monitoring of health care resources. The clinical social worker
assumes a leadership role to facilitate the achievement of patient goals and
desired clinical, financial, and resource outcomes. The clinical social worker
is guided by the NASW Code of Ethics and the Swedish Mission and Vision in his
or her daily practice.
Required Qualifications
* Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school
* Upon hire: Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker License
* 1 year of experience in the areas of acute medical or mental healthcare in an
inpatient or outpatient setting
Care Manager LCSW (Edmonds, WA), Salary Range: Min: $49.60 Max: $75.59
Why Join Providence Swedish?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family
in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We
take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the
health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease
my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your
role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support
others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace
where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.
Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals,
over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska,
California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a
comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing
best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the
poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this
position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this
position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other
applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional
compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials,
standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus
opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k)
Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental,
vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental
leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being
resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits
[https://providence.jobs/benefits/].
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications
with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in
accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for
Employers and the California Fair Chance Act
[https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.provhealth.org/HR-onboarding/LA_County_Fair_Chance_Ordinance_2024.pdf].
Key Responsibilities
The clinical social worker partners with patients, families, and the healthcare team to provide psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, and crisis intervention. They also facilitate discharge planning and advocate for patients' social and emotional needs to improve clinical and resource outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's Degree in Social Work and possess a Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker license or associate license. At least one year of experience in acute medical or mental healthcare in an inpatient or outpatient setting is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Emergency Department at Providence a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 5,942 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.
Social Worker Career Context
In Washington, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$104k (57 salary observations; 87 listings), vs ~$84k nationally (3,145 salary observations; 6,803 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$127k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $119k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$127k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$9k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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