Social Worker Inpatient - Bismarck
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- social worker
- inpatient social work
- healthcare social services
The Social Worker Inpatient at Sanford Health provides supportive counseling and coordinates healthcare and social services for patients, families, and caregivers in an inpatient setting. They participate in interdisciplinary teams to manage complex discharges, crisis interventions, and advocate for patient needs, ensuring safe transitions and optimized functioning. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, licensure, and knowledge of healthcare/social service resources and policies.
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.
Facility: Bismarck Clinic
Location: Bismarck, ND
Address: 222 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 40.00
Salary Range: $25.50 - $36.00
Pay Info: $10,000 Sign On Bonus Available!
Department Details
Join a high-impact discharge planning team where social work drives LOS, readmissions, and patient experience. You'll remove barriers, orchestrate resources, and make complex discharges safe-starting on day one. If you love fast pace, smart teammates, and visible results, this is your next move.
Job Summary
Provides supportive services/counseling on healthcare and home care programs and services. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team in providing assistance with social, emotional and economical concerns of patients/clients/residents and families/caregivers, thus enabling them to achieve or maintain an optimal level of functioning by coordinating and planning programs. Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of medical situations. Coordinates healthcare programs among patients/clients/residents, families/caregivers and psychosocial and healthcare teams/communities. Demonstrates knowledge of human behavior and developmental stages.
Responds to suspected abuse, neglect or violence in accordance with the National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics policies and procedures alongside the appropriate state laws. Develops appropriate plan of care for patients/clients/residents and families/caregivers by obtaining resources from the social, health and human services agencies. Provides referrals, current information and/or education regarding programs and services available. Demonstrates commitment to the organization by utilizing time effectively, participating in special projects/assignments and exhibiting flexibility when necessary. Demonstrates professionalism by participating in care conferences and transitional rounding, serving as an advocate. Demonstrates efficacy in critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making. Possesses written and verbal communication skills while establishing a rapport with patients/clients/residents, families/caregivers and communities and healthcare teams/communities. Displays independent judgement. Actively participates with the healthcare teams.
Depending on department may be providing social services for donors and transplant recipients.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Social Work from an accredited curriculum required.
Healthcare and/or mental health hospital experience preferred.
Depending on location, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six weeks of employment. Depending on position, may be required to possess multi-state licensure privilege.
Must possess a license in good standing in state(s) of practice:
In North Dakota:
Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker (LBSW)
Benefits
Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit .
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1- or send an email to .
Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
Req Number: R-
Job Function: Care Coordination
Featured: No
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas. It is one of the largest health systems in the nation with 45 hospitals and 289 clinics in nine states and three countries. Sanford Health's 28,000 employees, including 1,400 physicians, make it the largest employer in the Dakotas. Nearly $1 billion in gifts from philanthropist Denny Sanford have allowed for several initiatives, including global children's clinics, genomic medicine and specialized centers researching cures for type 1 diabetes, breast cancer and other diseases.




