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Nebraska Medicine
Omaha, Nebraska

Clinical Social Worker - Emergency Department

Social WorkerNo nightsFull-Time

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Serious Medicine is what we do. Being extraordinary is who we are. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding this promise to our patients and their families.

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Under supervision of licensed clinical staff, help determine patient's psycho-social needs, and collaborate with other members of the patient's health care team to reduce symptomatic behavior and facilitate adjustment to illness, including assisting in meeting the social, psychological, rehabilitative, protective, financial, and discharge planning needs of patients requiring continuing care or adjustment to lifestyle changes following discharge.

Required Qualifications

  • Master's degree from an accredited college in a human services program which provided preparation for professional counseling/psychotherapy required.
  • Organizational and communication skills required.
  • License-eligible as a LMHP/PLMHP in the State of Nebraska, and must obtain LMHP/PLMHP privileges at Nebraska Medicine within 6 months of transfer or hire required.
  • Obtain NMC Privileges as a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP) within six months of transfer or hire required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Two years of professional therapy/counseling and mental health care experience preferred.
  • Experience in acute psychiatric setting preferred.
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) preferred.
  • Master of Social Work degree preferred.
  • Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) preferred

Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans’ status.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Social Worker will assess the psychosocial needs of patients in the Emergency Department and collaborate with the healthcare team to facilitate treatment and discharge planning. They will provide support to patients adjusting to illness or lifestyle changes while working under the supervision of licensed clinical staff.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a human services program and be license-eligible as an LMHP/PLMHP in Nebraska. Preference is given to those with two years of professional therapy experience and relevant clinical licensure such as LCSW or LICSW.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical Social WorkCrisis InterventionOrganizational SkillsPatient AssessmentPsychosocial Needs AssessmentAcute Psychiatric Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Social Worker - Emergency Department at Nebraska Medicine a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,459 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 28% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution34 jobs

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$90k-110k
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$110k-130k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
92%
CME allowance
27%
Sign-on bonus
23%
PSLF eligible
15%
Loan repayment
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 90% of Social Work listings

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

  • No nights

Living in Omaha

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$281k
Typical market rent
$1,414/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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