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Rochester Regional Health
Rochester, New York

Social Worker - Inpatient (Full-Time, Days)

Social WorkerIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$29.5-$40.44/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

As a Social Worker, you play an important and trusted role in the lives of patients and their family. You are an integral part of their care and recovery.

  • STATUS: Full-Time, Days
  • LOCATION: Unity Hospital
  • DEPARTMENT: Social Work
  • SCHEDULE: Mon - Fri, 8am-4:30p and/or 8:30am-5p; On-Call - Rotation required a couple of times in a month
  • ATTRIBUTES
  • One (1) year of experience in a healthcare setting preferred
  • Compassionate, warm and patient focused
  • Exceptional documentation and planning skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

Patient Care. Determine patient needs through rounds, chart review, patient/family interviews and team conferences; coordinate multidisciplinary and agency case conferences; work with care managers to advocate for patient/family to obtain approval for insurance coverage

Referral Management. Manage referrals related to patients at risk and determine appropriate intervention strategies and document as implemented; ensure inappropriate referrals are channeled correctly and documented

Treatment Plan Development. Coordinate assessments and develop care plan in accordance with accepted social work policy; implement plan of intervention preparatory to discharge or initiate continued care plan

Education

BS: Social Work (Required)

Licenses / Certifications

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

Pay Range

$29.50 - $40.44

City

Rochester

Postal CODE

14626

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and possess excellent documentation and communication skills. One year of experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Case managementTreatment planningAssessmentAdvocacyMultidisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Inpatient (Full-Time, Days) at Rochester Regional Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,403 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

In New York, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$79k (152 salary observations; 241 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (1,219 salary observations; 3,390 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 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, 54% are remote, 18% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $67k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution44 jobs · 28 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
34%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
11%
CME allowance
8% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,403 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Rochester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$247k
Typical market rent
$1,476/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.0
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Rochester, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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