Social Worker MSW

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation's 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join a fun team of Social Workers committed to positive outcomes for patients, and families.

This position may be eligible for a $7,500 sign-on bonus!

Position Highlights:

• May be eligible for $7,500 sign-on bonus!
• Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!
• Options for Free Health Insurance!
• Collaborate with a vast team of healthcare professionals.
• Be a vital resource to patients, and families.
• Work with a variety of patient concerns.
• Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

Job Summary

• The social worker provides medical social casework to a wide array of patients, ranging from the newborn to the advanced geriatric patient.
• The main focus of the social worker is to assist in meeting the psychosocial/continuum of care needs of the patient and family to ensure optimum functioning.
• In addition to direct care services, the social worker shall have duties of consultation, education, policy and program planning, continuous quality improvement tasks, advocacy, and liaison with the community.
• The social worker will manage referrals that are significantly high-risk and problem-prone.
• Duties may include supervision and peer social work consultation.