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Piedmont Healthcare
Augusta, Georgia

Social Worker MSW - Heart Failure Center, PRN

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Job Description

The Social Worker strives to promote patient and family wellness, improved care outcomes, access to appropriate hospital and community resources, and manages, supports and develops comprehensive transitional care plans for patients with complex and psychosocial needs in Inpatient and Emergency Department (ED) environments.

Responsibilities

The Social Worker strives to promote patient and family wellness, improved care outcomes, access to appropriate hospital and community resources, and manages, supports and develops comprehensive transitional care plans for patients with complex and psychosocial needs in Inpatient and Emergency Department (ED) environments.

Qualifications

Schedule: We are looking for someone who can commit at least two days a week (during business hours) and possibly a third from time to time.

Education

  • Master’s Degree from an accredited social work program Required
  • Work Experience
  • No experience required Required
  • 2 years of experience in an acute or post-acute setting Preferred
  • Licenses and Certifications
  • LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure in the state of Georgia Preferred
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Augusta Hospital

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Case ManagementTransitional Care PlanningPsychosocial AssessmentPatient AdvocacyCrisis InterventionHealthcare Resource CoordinationInpatient CareEmergency Department Support

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Social Worker Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution38 jobs · 32 employers

10
<$85k
13
$85k-105k
5
$105k-125k
8
$125k-145k
2
$145k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
30%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Full Time, Day)

NorthBay Health · Fairfield, California

$58.21-$70.76/hr
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Bilingual)Contract

Adelphi Staffing · White Plains, New York

$70/hr
#3

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

$123k-$141k
#4

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

$123k-$141k
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,508 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Augusta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$178k
Typical market rent
$1,369/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Piedmont Healthcare

Medical Practices
Statesville, NC
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule (2-3 days per week)