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U.S. Renal Care
Rohnert Park, California

Dialysis Medical Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$81k–$122k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

The Medical Social Worker utilizes social work expertise and clinical knowledge to educate patients on the best choices for treatment, health, and wellness when living with kidney disease to enhance quality of life. The Medical Social Worker is responsible for supporting the social and emotional well-being of patients at Satellite Healthcare. The Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments, participates in care planning and team review of the patient's current psychosocial needs, and provides management of services to patients to assist them in coping with issues associated with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments.

What We Expect of You

You will play a vital role to ensure that we deliver on our Mission to make life better for those with kidney disease and our Vision to be unsurpassed in our individualized experience, our quality, and our compassion. You approach your work with an indisputable sense of greater purpose. Lastly, you are high energy, seek out opportunities to improve the environment for patients and staff, are goal-oriented, and gain deep satisfaction from building relationships.

What You Will GAIN

Relationships: You will work directly with a multi-disciplinary team that is as passionate as you in making a difference in others' lives. You will become a servant leader, bringing up your team to provide care that is unsurpassed by others in our industry.

Impact: You will set the tone that enables our patients to live a better life and address their needs holistically. You will make a difference for our patients so that they do dialysis to live instead of living for dialysis.

Growth: You will have formal and informal opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment. You will become a subject-matter expert and have a wide range of opportunities for career advancement.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

Preferable experience in other health and human services fields. Medical experience is highly desirable. One (1) year of work experience in a behavioral or healthcare-related setting, preferred.

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited CSWE institution

License/Certifications

MSW required. LCSW/ACSW required, LCSW preferred (CA). Licensure/LMSW required in states with licensure (TX, TN)

Qualifications

What You Will Do

The Medical Social Worker utilizes social work expertise and clinical knowledge to educate patients on the best choices for treatment, health, and wellness when living with kidney disease to enhance quality of life. The Medical Social Worker is responsible for supporting the social and emotional well-being of patients at Satellite Healthcare. The Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments, participates in care planning and team review of the patient's current psychosocial needs, and provides management of services to patients to assist them in coping with issues associated with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments.

What We Expect of You

You will play a vital role to ensure that we deliver on our Mission to make life better for those with kidney disease and our Vision to be unsurpassed in our individualized experience, our quality, and our compassion. You approach your work with an indisputable sense of greater purpose. Lastly, you are high energy, seek out opportunities to improve the environment for patients and staff, are goal-oriented, and gain deep satisfaction from building relationships.

What You Will GAIN

Relationships: You will work directly with a multi-disciplinary team that is as passionate as you in making a difference in others' lives. You will become a servant leader, bringing up your team to provide care that is unsurpassed by others in our industry.

Impact: You will set the tone that enables our patients to live a better life and address their needs holistically. You will make a difference for our patients so that they do dialysis to live instead of living for dialysis.

Growth: You will have formal and informal opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment. You will become a subject-matter expert and have a wide range of opportunities for career advancement.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

Preferable experience in other health and human services fields. Medical experience is highly desirable. One (1) year of work experience in a behavioral or healthcare-related setting, preferred.

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited CSWE institution

License/Certifications

MSW required. LCSW/ACSW required, LCSW preferred (CA). Licensure/LMSW required in states with licensure (TX, TN)

Benefit Details

All Full-Time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

* Medical / Pharmacy

* Dental

* Vision

* Voluntary benefits

* 401k with employer match

* Virtual Care

* Life Insurance

* Voluntary Benefits

* PTO

All Part Time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

* 401k with employer match

* PTO

Pay Range

USD $81,000.00 - USD $121,700.00 /Yr.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentPatient educationCase managementCrisis interventionChronic disease managementDialysis supportInterdisciplinary collaborationEmotional supportGoal settingRelationship building

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 34% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$101k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $92k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
26%
CME allowance
26%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

Living in Rohnert Park

  • Typical 3-bed home value $693k
  • Typical rent $2,536/mo
  • Residents' average commute 27 min
  • Metro price index 107.8 · U.S. average 100
  • State income tax up to 13.3%
Sources & calculation

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

BEA 2024 · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About U.S. Renal Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Plano, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical / Pharmacy
Dental
Vision
Voluntary benefits
401k with employer match
Virtual Care
Life Insurance
PTO