Social Worker MSW

Where You’ll Work

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

At Longmont United Hospital, we treat the entire patient to leverage the powerful connection of body, mind, and spirit in the healing process. As a Planetree® Designated Hospital, employees adhere to the highest possible standards. Here, your time at work will be spent with a supportive team of employees and leaders that value self-care, flexibility and development opportunities through cross-training and continuing education.

Longmont, Colorado is home to more than 2,000 acres of parks, three public golf courses and numerous trails to hike, bike, walk or run. Located less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountain National Park (ranked the fourth most visited national park in the country in 2017 by the Denver Business Journal), you’ll have easy access to the very best Colorado has to offer.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

The Masters Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for hospitalized and emergency department patients. The functions of the Masters Social Worker include: crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high-risk screening, brief counseling, referrals for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Master’s degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social
• Work Education1-Year Post-MSW experience or Social Work internship in a clinical or medical setting.
• Minimum 3-Year Post-MSW healthcare experience (Preferred)
• Initial social work licensure or higher as required by state law, e.g.- LMSW in Iowa- LMSW in Nevada- ACSW in California

. Physical Demand Level: Light/

This PRN social worker does case management and works a variety of days, including weekends (usually from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm). Prior hospital social case mangement experience is required for this PRN position. Candidates are required to possess a LSW or LCSW in Colorado.