Social Worker Screener
Suffern, NYPer Diem$37.16/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Social Worker Screener provides psychiatric emergency screening and disposition in the Good Samaritan Hospital Emergency Department, refers patients to community resources when admission is not appropriate, and supports inpatient behavioral health treatment approvals and required documentation. The role collaborates with physicians, psychiatrists, hospital staff, law enforcement, EMS, security, and families, and also assists with psychiatric consultations and behavioral emergencies on medical units.
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Social Worker Screener
Company: Good Samaritan Hospital
City/State: Suffern, NY
Category: Allied Health Prof/Technical
Department: Psych Screeners
Union: YES
Union Name: 1199B
Position: Per Diem
Hours: 7a-7:30p 7p-7:30a
Shift: Per Diem
Req #: 13558
Posted Date: Nov 11, 2026
Hiring Range: $37.16
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*If you are hired by WMCHealth, your final base salary will be determined based on job-related factors, including employment status (full-time, part-time or per diem), relevant skills, qualifications and experience. Consistent with our commitment to pay equity, we also consider internal equity among similarly situated employees when determining final compensation.
Job Details:
The Social Work Screener’s primary role is to provide psychiatric emergency screening in GSH Emergency Department requesting or requiring psychiatric evaluation. The Screener is also responsible for obtaining insurance approval for inpatient behavioral health treatment, making sure that correct legal papers are completed and prepare other documentation, as necessary. Maintaining administrative records related to emergency evaluations. Close collaboration with ED physician and other staff members, psychiatrist on-call, and Behavioral Health Dept. Frequent contacts with law enforcement personnel, EMS, security, ED RN staff, and family members.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Emergency Department
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Provide psychiatric emergency room screening and disposition of patients and refers those ineligible for admission to other community resources.
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Exhibits high standards of guest, staff and community relations and maintains professional behavior in the performance of these duties.
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obtaining insurance approval for inpatient behavioral health treatment.
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making sure that correct legal papers are completed and prepare other documentation, as necessary.
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Document all interaction timely and accurately on the proper form.
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Function as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
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Identify problems and plan interventions in response to these problems.
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Adheres to Chemical Dependency’s policies and procedures in admitting new patients.
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Remain knowledgeable and current about community resources and other concrete services.
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Arrange for post discharge care of patients by referring patients to appropriate community agencies to meet aftercare needs.
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Collect data and prepares monthly statistical reports on all patients and presents to the Clinical Director.
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Maintains a safe and orderly work area and adheres to hospital policies and procedures and standard safe work practices.
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Maintains ER log of encounters in the ER and on medical floor.
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Maintains and fosters positive working relationships with appropriate community service providers.
Medical Units
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Assist psychiatrist in addressing psychiatrist consult/detox in medical floors that include initial screening and follow-up and coordinate with case management.
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Attend Code gray /Behavioral emergency calls on medical floors
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Experience: Social work experience in a psychiatric setting.
Education: Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work or mental health required.
Licenses / Certifications: Possession of a valid license and current registration, issued by the New York State Education Department, as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor or a limited permit in Social Work or Mental Health Counselor required.
Special Requirements: N/A
About Us:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
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How this job compares
Set against the 3,202 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37.16/hr
- New York median$31–43/hr217 hourly ranges
- US median$31–45/hr947 hourly ranges
This rate, $37.16/hr, is close to the New York median midpoint ($37/hr) — in the middle half of Social Worker hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 538 open Social Worker jobs in New York and 3,202 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Trinity Health43 open
- RochesterRegional Health38 open
- New York State Civil Service24 open
- Experience
- Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,597 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,825 of the 3,202 open Social Worker jobs (57%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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