Job: Clinical Social Worker - Patient and Family Services - Weekend Shift

Location: Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule: Full-time

Phoenix Children's Hospital is the only specialty children's hospital in Arizona and it is poised to become one of the foremost pediatric hospitals in the nation. The hospital is home to the state's largest group of pediatric specialists and sub-specialists. In addition, the hospital continues to evolve its clinical practices and is working with leading local and national research partners to uncover new breakthroughs in pediatric medicine.


Currently a 345 bed facility, new construction plans were unveiled in October 2006 that include the building of two new patient bed towers and expansion in bed capacity and other key programs and services over the course of the next several years. In short, PCH is a growing, thriving organization where opportunities for personal development and promotion of our employees will continue in years to come.

This position is 10 hours on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Primary Purpose:


Develops, coordinates, provides, and maintains clinical social work activities to meet needs of patients from neonate to adolescence and their families in accordance with established treatment goals.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:


Work activities are performed in an environmentally controlled nursing unit subject to extended periods of walking and standing. Work activities involve potentially frequent exposure to blood and other high risk body fluids, communicable diseases, hazardous materials, chemicals, and waste. Activities also include, but are not limited to, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing and/or pulling equipment up to 10 pounds, and lifting equipment and/or supplies up to 25 pounds. Requires visual acuity, including normal color vision, and manual dexterity to use desktop computer equipment, telecommunications equipment, analytical instruments, and other equipment. Must communicate clearly in English. Requires the ability to speak, write, see, and hear to perform essential duties of the job. Requires effective and positive human relations skills, including confidentiality, in order to appropriately interface with all levels of Phoenix Children's Hospital staff, physicians, patients and their families, and other contacts.

Minimum Qualifications:


Current Heartsaver CPR certification from the American Heart Association.

Current State of Arizona Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Master in Social Work by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners.

Master's degree in Social Work at an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or an equivalent foreign degree as determined by the Foreign Equivalency Determination Service of the Council on Social Work Education.

Preferred Qualifications :


Two (2) years post-Master's degree medical social work experience in a health care setting.