Medical Social Worker- Home Care
Listed compensation
$63k-$95k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Employment Status: Full time
Shift: Day/Evening (United States of America)
Facility
- 100 Spotswood Dr - Lexington
- R156494 Medical Social Worker- Home Care (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.
Master's degree. Company equipment. Mileage reimbursement. Home patient visits.
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
Chris Fitzgerald
Recruiter Email
cdfitzgerald@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 comprehensive care transition plans to support patients and families through illness and life changes. They collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, cost-effective care while maintaining accurate and confidential documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work. A minimum of two years of social work experience in a healthcare setting is preferred, along with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Social Worker- Home Care at Carilion Clinic a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Social Worker Career Context
Carilion Clinic ranks #11 of 17 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 88 active listings.
In Virginia, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$77k (112 salary observations; 479 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,412 salary observations; 19,550 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, 42% are remote, 40% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$79k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $78k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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