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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Social Worker MSW (Full-Time/Day) Center City

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

Provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient’s/family’s/significant other’s ability to cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems related to illness/convalescence and discharge plan. Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a discharge plan for the patient.

Job Description

Essential Functions

· Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

· Conducts psychosocial assessment/reassignment of patients/significant others relating to the social, emotional and cognitive capabilities of patients in relationship to their illness and health maintenance needs.

· Develops and implements a plan of intervention that addresses identified needs related to needs/problems identified during assessment.

· Collaborated with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate discharge planning

· Provides counseling for patient/family/significant others to assist with coping with new diagnoses, chronic illness and palliative or terminal care

· Advocates on behalf of the patients/families to enable them to obtain necessary services.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Education

Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required. Masters of Social Work required.

AND

Experience

Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.

Work Shift

  • Rotating (United States of America)
  • Worker Sub Type
  • Regular
  • Employee Entity
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.
  • Primary Location Address
  • 111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop interventions to address patients’ and families’ social, emotional, and cognitive needs related to illness and recovery. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team on discharge planning, provide counseling and coping support, and advocate for access to necessary services.

Requirements

A Master of Social Work from an accredited program is required. Applicants must also have at least two years of hospital-based social work experience.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient CounselingFamily CounselingCare CoordinationMultidisciplinary CollaborationPatient AdvocacyChronic Illness SupportPalliative CareNeeds AssessmentIntervention Planning

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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$80k-100k
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$120k-140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
22%
Loan repayment
22%
Relocation assistance
4%

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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 6,110 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Prescription Coverage
Supplemental Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life and AD&D Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts