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Petersburg, Virginia

Inpatient Clinician / Social Worker - Licensed (LPC or LCSW) or Licensed Eligible

Social WorkerIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Inpatient Clinician / Social Worker, Petersburg, VA, Sign On Bonus: Licensed: $5000.00 / Non-Licensed Eligible: $2500

Poplar Springs Hospital is a 183 bed acute care and residential facility. For more than 30 years Poplar Springs Hospital has been guided by its mission of helping those who need the full continuum of behavioral health services.

Our facility offers behavioral and psychological treatment for adults and adolescents through our acute programs, adolescent residential programs, as well as programs for active duty military.

Poplar Springs Hospital is located in Petersburg, Virginia, 20 minutes south of Richmond and 50 minutes north of North Carolina. Situated on 25 acres, our serene, nature-like setting offers our patients a sense of calm and peace.

We offer families hope through a nurturing environment for adults and adolescents to flourish in their environment.

Much more online at: poplarsprings.com

We have a new opening for a Inpatient Clinician/Social Worker, Licensed (LPC or LCSW) or Licensed Eligible. Inpatient Clinician/Social Worker will provide psycho-social assessments, individual and family therapies.

Carry a case load, develop treatments plans, lead special focus process groups/educational groups, participate in unit activities, maintain regular contact with resident’s referral sources and families. Provides timely and accurate documentation. Participates in referral development activities.

Participates in performance improvement committees and other hospital committees as indicated. Performs continuous quality improvement activities, such as chart audits and documentation review. Other duties as assigned. Must be able to work weekends, and holidays as needed.

Benefit Highlights

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • Retention Bonus Program (if applicable)
  • Loan Forgiveness Program (if applicable)

As one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues totaled over $11.6 billion in 2020.

In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, UHS ranked #281 on the Fortune 500 and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S. Largest Public Companies.

With its headquarters in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • LPC/LCSW preferred
  • CPR Preferred (offered on-site)
  • Handle With Care Preferred (offered on-site)

Education/Experience

  • MS degree required in counseling, psychology or related social services field.
  • Minimum of two years experience in direct patient care preferred.

Must have course work, training, and/or experience in patient population of assigned program (adult/adolescent), and must demonstrate developing technical and managerial competence in position responsibilities.

General Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age per Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services.

  • Must have patience, tact, and a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm.
  • Good communication skills; must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
  • Basic clerical skills, basic experience with office equipment (telephone, copy machine, fax, etc.)
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
  • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to problem solve and accept feedback when circumstances warrant such actions.
  • Willingness to interact with patients with varying levels of cognitive functioning.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual therapyFamily therapyCase managementTreatment planningGroup therapyCrisis interventionProblem solving

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 36% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

45 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution43 jobs · 39 employers

7
<$70k
10
$70k-90k
14
$90k-110k
12
$110k-130k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
32% this job
CME allowance
29%
Loan repayment
18% this job
PSLF eligible
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$60-$62/hr
#2

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Adjuvant Behavior Health · Wheeling, West Virginia

$60-$62/hr
#3

Clinical Social Worker School Based Health Program – Columbia

$45.61-$61.08/hr
#4

LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

$73k-$126k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,459 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Petersburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,350/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Richmond, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities
Retention Bonus Program
Loan Forgiveness Program