Social Worker (Per Diem) - MSW - Med/Surg
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Job Description
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, the MSW Social Worker in our Med/Surg Unit will assist in providing a full range of social work services in collaboration with other Cedars-Sinai Medical Center staff to meet the psychosocial and discharge planning needs of patients/families/significant others.
Active participation in Department's continuing education/staff development programs. Involved in program planning in assigned service areas along with the organization of social work activities. Provides social work services to patients and their families with psychosocial needs.
To assure patients receive benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care and post-hospital planning.
This role is Per Diem.
- Psychosocial evaluation -- identification of problems affecting optimal patient care and the development of a treatment plan
- Crisis intervention
- Individual and family counseling
- Discharge planning and case coordination
- Interdisciplinary discussion of psychosocial implications of illness including consultation regarding treatments and resources designed to solve the problems of the patients
- Develops and maintains productive relationships with community health, welfare, and social agencies
- Initiates program planning and development in assigned services/programs
- Performs other related duties as directed
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive social work services to patients and families in a Med/Surg unit, focusing on psychosocial needs and discharge planning. Collaborate with interdisciplinary staff to develop treatment plans and maintain relationships with community agencies.
Requirements
Requires a master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work. Preference is given to candidates with a CA LCSW and 2 years of clinical social work experience in an acute care hospital setting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (578 salary observations; 1,628 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,288 salary observations; 19,691 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 20% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Beverly Hills
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $2.58M
- Typical market rent
- $4,193/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 113.6
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.