Per Diem Medical Social Worker

1 month ago
VermontPer Diem / PRNSocial Work
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health as a Medical Social Worker – Per Diem, Home Health in United States. Overview Why work as a Medical Social Worker at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire? You really get to know your patients and become an integral part of their care team.

Key Responsibilities

  • The Medical Social Worker will: Provide clinical social evaluations and plan appropriate interventions based on evaluation findings.
  • Identify appropriate community resource referrals to address the client’s and the family’s practical and environmental needs.
  • Act as an advocate for both the client and the family, to navigate the patient through the community system.

Requirements

  • related field required. Experience with database software or electronic medical record software required. MSW and/or LCSW preferred. Hospice experience preferred.

Benefits & Compensation

  • related field required. Experience with database software or electronic medical record software required. MSW and/or LCSW preferred. Hospice experience preferred.

Work Schedule

  • Per Diem position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health as a Medical Social Worker – Per Diem, Home Health.

Key Skills

Clinical Social EvaluationsIntervention PlanningCommunity Resource ReferralsAdvocacyPlan of Care DevelopmentContract DevelopmentDatabase SoftwareElectronic Medical Record Software
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Per Diem Medical Social Worker at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work physician listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Social Work — Physician Career Context

This Social Work position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is open to physician candidates.

Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Vermont.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Clinical Social Evaluations, Intervention Planning, Community Resource Referrals, Advocacy, Plan of Care Development, Contract Development, Database Software, Electronic Medical Record Software. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Social Work role.

Core responsibilities: Medical Social Workers provide clinical social evaluations and plan appropriate interventions, while also identifying community resource referrals to address practical and environmental needs. They act as advocates for clients and families and participate in developing the total plan of care with th...

Benefits package: Employee Referral Bonuses, Clinical CEUs, Online LinkedIn Learning, Health, Dental, and Lifestyle Benefits. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

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About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Benefits & Perks

Employee Referral Bonuses
Clinical CEUs
Online LinkedIn Learning
Health, Dental, and Lifestyle Benefits
6.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 50%

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Per Diem

Posted

1mo ago