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Social Worker II - Cancer Center - Huntington

NYU Langone Medical Center

Huntington, NYFull-time$112–122K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$112–122K/yr
Location
Huntington, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

New York LCSW LicenseMaster's degree

Job overview

The Social Worker II provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment for patients and families at the Cancer Center, and consults with them and the health care team about coping with illness, treatment, and life situations. The role addresses emotional, mental health, and substance abuse concerns and coordinates patient and family needs before and after hospitalization or treatment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Clinical Social Work PracticeMedical and Legal IssuesMedical Center ResourcesCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsAssessmentCounselingMultitaskingAttention to DetailOrganizationComputer SkillsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPoint

Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social WorkNew York LCSW License3+ Years Social Work Experience1-2 Years Clinical Social Work Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job ID: 1167214_RR00125372

Facility: NYU Langone Medical Center

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

Learn more about NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island (https://nyulangone.org/locations/nyu-langone-hospital-long-island) , and interact with us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/nyulangonehealth/?viewAsMember=true) , Glassdoor (https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/NYU-Langone-Health-Reviews-E121521.htm) , Indeed (https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Nyu-Langone-Health/reviews) , Facebook (http://facebook.com/NYULangone) , X (http://x.com/nyulangone) , YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/nyulmc) and Instagram (http://instagram.com/nyulangone) .

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker II - Cancer Center - Huntington.

In this role, the successful candidate Provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

  • Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.

  • Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems. Assists with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc. Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.

  • Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient andor family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.

  • Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies. Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.

  • Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the clinical social work perspective to and being a liaison for patients and families.

  • Maintains records and statistics and documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.

  • Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have a Master's Degree Social Work Required. Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license Required. 3-5 years Social work in a health care setting or social service agency Required. Strong working knowledge of clinical social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs Required. Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills Required. Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Required..

Required Licenses: Lic Clinical Social Worker

Preferred Qualifications:

1-2 years Social work in a clinical setting Preferred.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

View Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $112,079.10 - $122,225.21 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

To view the Pay Transparency Notice, please click here (https://cdn-static.findly.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/290/2017/04/pay-transp\_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

How this job compares

Set against the 3,131 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$112–122K/yr
  • New York median$65–85K/yr200 salary ranges
  • US median$66–93K/yr892 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $117K, is 58% above the New York median midpoint ($74K) — in the top quarter of Social Worker salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 469 open Social Worker jobs in New York and 3,131 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,568 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,694 of the 3,131 open Social Worker jobs (54%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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