Social Worker Hospice Inpatient Part Time Days

Social WorkerNo nightsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$33.82-$43.96/hr

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 50m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Company Description

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Job Description

The Social Worker reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Social Worker is responsible for providing psychosocial counseling and intervention services to patients who request their services, or any patient referred by a provider. The social worker advocates for the patient and family and assists in outpatient continuity of care.

Responsibilities

  • Completes a thorough psychosocial assessment for new patients.
  • Utilizes critical thinking to identify and screen high risk social cases.

Provides pre-treatment planning, psychosocial counseling/interventions, health education, financial counseling, referrals, and discharge/transition planning.

Collaborates with team, other ancillary departments, case management staff, and social service agency providers to develop a care plan.

Provides resources, including education materials, to patients and families in the areas of financial assistance, transportation, scheduling, and community resources to support the care plan.

  • Supports department initiatives (attends case conferences, participates in quality improvement).
  • May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

Master's Degree

  • Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Illinois.
  • Zero (0) to two (2) years’ experience in a relevant role.
  • Preferred
  • Home Health and Hospice experience

Additional Information

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers.

If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.

Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.

Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information jobs.nm.org

Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings.

If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

  • Hours Per Week / FTE: 20 hrs/wk - 0.5 FTE
  • Job Shift: Day Job (1st)
  • Salary Range Minimum: $33.82
  • Salary Range Maximum: $43.96
  • Compensation: USD 33.82 - USD 43.96 - hourly

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Crisis interventionDischarge planningCare coordinationPatient advocacyHospice careInterdisciplinary collaboration

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 18% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$81k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$70k–$91kSocial Work median $60k (middle half $50k–$80k)18 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$81k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Illinois226 active6,590 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 18% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.7this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,499 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site
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About Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, Illinois
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package

Living in Chicago

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$354k
Typical market rent
$2,311/mo
Residents’ average commute
33 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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