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Clinical Social Worker - Emergency Dept -Chula Vista

Part-time

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Compensation
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Location
San Diego, CA
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

BLS For Healthcare ProviderMaster's degree

Job overview

Scripps Health seeks a social worker for a part-time role at Scripps Chula Vista, working three days per week from 12:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The role supports patients and families with personal and environmental problems affecting illness or medical care, and includes work on medical and maternity floors. The posting requires an MSW or MFT, with hospital experience for MFT applicants, and offers LCSW supervision.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Psychosocial TriageDischarge PlanningPatient and Family RelationshipsWorking RelationshipsReimbursement Program RegulationsSpanishAcute Hospital Care

Qualifications

MSW or MFTHospital ExperienceBLS for Healthcare ProviderCalifornia LCSW License

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

This is a part- time position (48 hrs/pay period) at Scripps Chula Vista with LCSW supervision. You will be working 3 days/week from 12:30pm-9pm.

Invest, Empower, and Belong – Join the Scripps Health Team!

At Scripps Health, we’re more than just a healthcare provider—we’re a community dedicated to transforming lives. By joining our team, you’ll work alongside passionate caregivers to provide compassionate, patient-centered healthcare. With every day, you’ll feel the reward of making a real difference in the lives of others.

Why join Scripps Health?

/AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:/

  • Named top 150 Best Places to Work by Beckers Hospital Review

  • Recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for large and mid-size companies in 2024.

  • Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.

  • Benefits beyond the usual Medical, Dental, and Savings Plans such as*free parking,** *and non-union

We are seeking a compassionate, motivatedSocial Worker**to join our multidisciplinary based team in Chula Vista, CA. Social Workers provide an important role within the hospital by assisting patient and families with personal and environmental problems that predispose illness or interfere with their obtaining maximum benefits from medical care. They also:

  • Will work on the medical and maternity floors

  • Provide peer supervision for other staff, education for social work interns

  • assist with program planning and organization of services.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while triaging patients with multiple psychosocial issues as well as discharge experience.

Required Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited university or college (MSW) OR Master’s degree in Family Therapy (MFT)

  • MFT applicants must have hospital experience

  • BLS for Healthcare Provider through the American Heart Association
  • Must be able to display good working relationships with patients, families, medical and nursing personnel, and all others employed at the hospital.

  • Working knowledge of the laws, regulations, policies and appeal procedures as relative to the Federal, State and other reimbursement programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bilingual/Spanish highly preferred

  • Acute hospital experience

  • Licensed by the State of California Behavioral Science Examiners Board as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) preferred. If candidate does not currently possess LCSW, this position offers LCSW supervision.

Job: *Social Services

Organization: *Scripps Mercy Chula Vista

Title: Clinical Social Worker - Emergency Dept -Chula Vista

Location: Southern San Diego County-CHULA VISTA-SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL CHULA VISTA

Requisition ID: 262006382

How this job compares

Set against the 3,295 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$90–124K/yr58 salary ranges
  • California median$45–62/hr87 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 168 open Social Worker jobs in California and 3,295 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years 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; 1,793 of the 3,295 open Social Worker jobs (54%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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