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Fresenius Medical Care
San Diego, California

Master Social Worker - MSW

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$71k-$96k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 30m ago · Verified live

Job description

Join Fresenius Medical Care as a Master Social Worker – Dialysis, Entry Level in San Diego, California, United States.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $71K - $96K
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k Match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Parental Leave

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • On-site position.

Apply to join Fresenius Medical Care as a Master Social Worker – Dialysis, Entry Level.

Key Responsibilities

Provides psychosocial services and supportive counseling to dialysis patients to improve their quality of life and treatment outcomes. Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to manage care planning, patient education, and transplant referrals.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work and a valid state license or clinical intern status. Candidates should have 0-2 years of related experience and the ability to work within a healthcare team.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionAdvance directivesTransplant referralCase managementDocumentationQuality improvementPatient advocacySocial work theoryResource coordinationEnd stage renal disease support

Social Worker Career Context

Fresenius Medical Care ranks #13 of 19 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 148 active listings.

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$98k (593 salary observations; 873 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (4,784 salary observations; 10,468 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, 40% are remote, 24% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$84k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
25%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

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About Fresenius Medical Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Bad Homburg, Frankfurt
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave