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Carilion Clinic
Rocky Mount, Virginia

Clinical Social Worker - MSW - Franklin Memorial Hospital

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$63k-$95k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Employment Status: Full time

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Facility

  • 390 S Main St - Rocky Mount
  • R163312 Clinical Social Worker - MSW - Franklin Memorial Hospital (Open)

How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare

The clinical social worker provides psychosocial assessments, interviews, and/or treatments and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation. The social worker works collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third-party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible.

Conduct psychosocial assessments to evaluate emotional, social, and environmental factors affecting patients and families.

Develop and coordinate comprehensive care transition plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, ensuring appropriate resource utilization.

  • Regularly reassess care plans and adjust as needed, with face-to-face coordination whenever possible.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of benefit plans, regulatory guidelines, and resources for cost-effective care.

Ensure timely, accurate, and confidential documentation, meeting professional standards and federally regulated timelines for assessments and discharge plans.

Stay current with social work and healthcare developments, attending department training and educational sessions as required.

Provide supervision, teaching, and training for staff and students as needed.

Actively participate in interdisciplinary meetings and maintain effective communication with all care team members to ensure timely and appropriate care transitions.

Advocate for patients and provide therapeutic interventions to support their adaptation to illness or life changes.

Support patients and families by addressing emotional and coping challenges, and providing education related to their condition.

Participate in performance improvement initiatives, adhering to productivity measures and utilizing data to monitor and enhance patient care.

Comply with departmental policies and procedures while identifying and escalating avoidable delays in care transitions.

What We Require

  • Education: Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work required.
  • Experience: Minimum of two years social work experience in health care setting preferred.

Other Minimum Qualifications: Effective interpersonal, communication, and team working skills required. Must successfully complete orientation and competency validation for position.

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of social work theory and practice: proven expertise as a clinical social worker; crisis intervention skills; critical thinking and creative problem solving.

Satisfactory completion of orientation; positive interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; analytical skills; cultural competence; integrity; team player; courteous; ability/willingness to work as an integral member of a multi skilled team.

Compensation Range

$63,377.60 - $95,076.80

Employee pay is based on a variety of factors, including qualifications, credentials, education, and prior work experience. The compensation range does not include benefits or pension plan.

Recruiter

DANA JOHNSON

Recruiter Email

dejohnson@carilionclinic.org

For more information, contact the HR Service Center at 1-800-599-2537.

Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veterans status. Carilion is a Drug-Free Workplace.

For more information or for individuals with disabilities needing special assistance with our online application process contact Carilion HR Service Center at 800-599-2537, 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., Monday through Friday.

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  • Benefits, Pay and Well-being at Carilion Clinic

Carilion understands the importance of prioritizing your well-being to help you develop and thrive. That’s why we offer a well-rounded benefits package, and many perks and well-being resources to help you live a happy, healthy life – at work and when you’re away.

When you make your tomorrow with us, we’ll enhance your potential to realize the best in yourself. Below are benefits available to you when you join Carilion:

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits
  • Employer Funded Pension Plan, vested after five years (Voluntary 403B)
  • Paid Time Off (accrued from day one)
  • Onsite fitness studios and discounts to our Carilion Wellness centers
  • Access to our health and wellness app, Personify Health
  • Discounts on childcare
  • Continued education and training

Key Responsibilities

The clinical social worker conducts psychosocial assessments and develops discharge plans to assist patients and families in coping with hospitalization and illness. They collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate care transitions and provide therapeutic support to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

Requirements

A Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work is required for this position. A minimum of two years of social work experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Interdisciplinary collaborationCare transition planningPatient advocacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Social Worker - MSW - Franklin Memorial Hospital at Carilion Clinic a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,454 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Carilion Clinic ranks #8 of 14 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 117 active listings.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 32% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,454 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$63k–$95kSocial Work median $74k (middle half $63k–$79k)15 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$78k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Virginia205 active6,545 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% remote · 32% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedVirginia Social Worker listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus · 12% offer loan repayment233 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Work pay trend+1.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Carilion Clinicsilver tier, 75/100 · #8 of 14 for payTop Employers work-life index117 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,454 Social Work listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Social Worker Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 19 employers
9
<$80k
4
$80k-95k
9
$95k-110k
9
$110k-125k
6
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
50%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
17%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

LifeStance Health · Vancouver, Washington

$123k-$141k
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

LifeStance Health · West Linn, Oregon

$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
#4

LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

$73k-$126k
+ 35 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,454 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Carilion Clinic

Hospitals and Health Care
Roanoke, Virginia
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits
Employer Funded Pension Plan (vested after five years)
Voluntary 403B
Paid Time Off (accrued from day one)
Onsite fitness studios and discounts to Carilion Wellness centers
Access to health and wellness app, Personify Health
Discounts on childcare
Continued education and training

Living in Rocky Mount

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$283k≈ 4.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$949/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.6
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.