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U.S. Renal Care
Rohnert Park, California

Dialysis Medical Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$81k–$122k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

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

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

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (778 salary observations; 1,974 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (5,232 salary observations; 22,759 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 26% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$81k–$122kSocial Work median $88k (middle half $83k–$105k)29 comparable listings, Nov 2026
California vs national$97k median in California$82k nationally (+19%)778 state / 5,232 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$92k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in California702 active6,357 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 56% remote · 26% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia social worker listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment747 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,592 in the last 30 days1,395 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Social Worker Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

42 jobs · 26 employers
8
<$85k
6
$85k-100k
6
$100k-115k
19
$115k-130k
3
$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 26 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
43%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

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#4

MCRT Licensed Team Lead LCSW LMFT LPCC - Mental Health 396

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+ 40 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,344 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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

Living in Rohnert Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$692k≈ 8.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,533/mo≈ 38% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
107.8
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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