Social Worker - Crestwood Hospital - PRN

Social WorkerIncludes callPer Diem

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Prepares the patient and/or patient’s family to transition from the hospital to the next appropriate care setting based on their individual needs.

Applies their understanding of medical conditions, insurance coverage and how physical/psychosocial may affect the patient once a patient leaves the medical setting to plan and initiate an individualized discharge plan.

Provide clinical information to payers and/or post-acute providers in order to obtain authorizations for hospitalized patients

Qualifications

  • Education required: Bachelor of Social Work (unless MSW required for licensing) from an accredited institution
  • Education preferred: Masters of Social Work from an accredited institution preferred
  • Experience: 3+ years acute care hospital experience preferred

License/Certificates: Licensed Medical Social Worker (i. e. LSW, LCSW, ACSW, etc) in Alabama OR Licensed in Alabama within 6 months of employment

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker prepares patients and their families for transition from the hospital to the next appropriate care setting. They apply their understanding of medical conditions and psychosocial factors to create individualized discharge plans.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient CareDischarge PlanningPsychosocial Support

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 38% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Social Worker Jobs

33 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs · 23 employers

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<$75k
8
$75k-90k
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$90k-105k
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$105k-120k
4
$120k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 23 employers

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
34%
Sign-on bonus
19%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Huntsville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$272k
Typical market rent
$1,330/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Huntsville, AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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