Medical Social Worker - PRN Status - Bronson At Home

Bronson Healthcare Group•Battle Creek, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Medical Social Worker with PRN Status at Bronson At Home. The position involves delivering social work services to various patient populations within medical areas, including mental health, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and education on community resources. The role also encompasses care management and behavioral health social work in ambulatory practice settings, involving screenings, assessments, brief interventions, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. Specific duties may vary by assignment area, and for certain hospital locations, there are additional responsibilities related to "swing beds" and recipient rights protection within the mental health system.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Social Work and Licensed Master’s Social Work (LMSW) or Limited License Master’s Social Work (LLMSW) in good standing OR Master’s Degree in Psychology or Counseling Psychology and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Limited License Professional Counselor (LLPC) or License Psychologist (LP) or Limited License Psychologist (LLP) will be considered.
Fully licensed within two years of hire including state required supervision hours and licensing exam, required.
Current driver's license in the state of Michigan and proof of insurance required for BAH.
Ability to move about the hospital to meet with patients and/or families in the patient care units.
Basic Word Processing Skills.
Demonstrates excellent human relation skills including verbal and written communication, problem solving, advocacy, assertiveness and empathy skills.
Has a customer service orientation.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, as a demonstration of the function of effective process and relationships with the patient and members of the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrates effective interviewing, problem-solving and critical thinking in providing services to patients.
Regularly utilizes effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills as needed.
Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.
Involves regularly lifting of bulky or moderately heavy weights (i.e., up to 50 pounds), and occasionally assisting with heavier tasks or expending the equivalent effort in pushing, pulling, or otherwise handling material, equipment, and other objects.
Masters of Social Work degree with one-year recent medical or mental health experience.
Limited License Social Work may be considered with the following requirements: minimum one-year medical or mental health experience.
Required to be fully licensed within two years of hire including state required supervision hours and licensing exam.
Masters Degree Limited License Professional Counselor (LLPC) or Masters Degree Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Required.
Regularly communicates clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, as a demonstration of the function of effective process and relationships with the patient/family and members of the interdisciplinary team.
Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, and management.
Communicates effectively with external customers such as patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

1-2 years professional level of work experience in healthcare or mental health, preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver social work services to medical areas of the hospital, including mental health, suicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, child/adult abuse/neglect, death/grief, crisis intervention, advocacy, and substance abuse.
Provide intervention for families and patients for discharge planning.
Educate and counsel patients/families on available community resources and facilities.
Collaborate with other members of the patient care team and external agencies to assess situations and determine the best course of action.
Coordinate and manage systems and activities to ensure timely discharge of patients to appropriate facilities.
Deliver care management and behavioral health social work services in ambulatory medical practice settings.
Administer behavioral health screenings and conduct assessments.
Deliver brief interventions to support lifestyle and behavioral changes.
Respond to crisis situations in the ambulatory setting.
Identify high-risk psychosocial needs of patients/families.
Collaborate with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to ensure understanding of the impact of illness on mental and emotional health.
Offer a range of brief, focused prevention, treatment, and recovery services for patients with mild to moderate risk factors.
Work effectively as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Provide culturally competent clinical services relevant to patients/families.
Complete the Word day CBL –“Swing beds” for Bronson Lakeview Hospital and Bronson South Haven Hospital.
Understand documentation differences and specific care required for swing bed patients.
Participate in recipient rights education and coordinate or provide protection of recipient rights for services.
Ensure recipients, parents, and guardians have access to and are notified of their rights.
Maintain a record system for rights violation reports and investigations.
Investigate reports of apparent or suspected rights violations in accordance with the Michigan Mental Health Code.
Provide summary complaint data and remedial action taken on substantiated complaints.
Coordinate meetings and activities of the Recipient Rights Advisory Committee.
Serve as an advocate to all recipients and their families.
Provide recipients assistance to make contact with other advocacy groups.
Collaborate with Community Mental Health when appropriate.
Thoroughly document each case and enter appropriate information into the patient’s medical record.
Participate in the development of departmental policies, procedures, and protocols.
Identify and provide for learning needs of patients, families, and healthcare co-workers.
Assume responsibility for professional development.
Develop and support a positive work climate and the overall team effort of the department.
Mentor and supervise students.
Perform other duties as assigned.