Medical Social Worker - PRN Status (Multiple Openings) - Bronson Methodist Hospital Up to $500 Sign-on Bonus Available!

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

PRN Medical Social Workers provide essential social work services across all medical areas of the hospital, supporting patients from infant to geriatric populations. This role requires strong clinical judgment, crisis intervention skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Key Responsibilities include providing direct intervention in areas such as mental health, suicide risk, domestic violence, sexual assault, child/adult abuse or neglect, grief, crisis intervention, adjustment to illness, advocacy, and substance abuse. They partner with the multidisciplinary team to proactively support behavior management and patient safety. This role involves conducting assessments, providing clinical interventions, and coordinating care to support safe and timely discharge planning. They collaborate with internal and external partners to determine the most appropriate plan of care for each patient and coordinate and manage systems to ensure timely discharge to psychiatric facilities, substance abuse treatment programs, outpatient services, and other community resources.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Social Work required.
Master’s degree in Social Work and LMSW or LLMSW in good standing with the State of Michigan.
Regular standing, walking, talking, and hearing.
Ability to lift/move up to 10 pounds occasionally.
Requires close and distance vision with the ability to adjust focus.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
Verbal and written communication.
Problem-solving and critical thinking.
Advocacy, crisis intervention, and empathy.
Motivational interviewing.
Negotiation and conflict resolution.
Regular communication occurs with: physicians, interdisciplinary staff, finance, management, patients, families, third-party payers, community agencies.
Demonstrates the competencies associated with the paperwork or charting aspect of the job.
Demonstrates the ability to evaluate the factors relevant to a situation and make timely decisions that add value to the services provided.
Demonstrates competency in the skills or tasks required for the employee’s job.
Demonstrates the competencies necessary for developing and maintaining cooperative relationships with others at all levels of the organization by sharing information, workload responsibilities, decision-making and recognition of others in pursuit of a common purpose.
Demonstrates the ability to achieve the desired work result effectively and efficiently with the minimum of time and resources.
Demonstrates competencies necessary for the integration of quality control into the job, department and/or organization-wide improvements.
Demonstrates appropriate communication skills with patients, visitors, coworkers, supervision, physicians, and others. Includes verbal and telephone skills.
Participates in a program of self-development and continuous education. This is for all employee mandatory in-services, other in-services, educational activity, and community service as required by the job.
The employee must be able to demonstrate the competencies necessary to provide services appropriate to the age of the population served.

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of professional experience in healthcare or mental health preferred.
LMSW preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct intervention in areas such as mental health, suicide risk, domestic violence, sexual assault, child/adult abuse or neglect, grief, crisis intervention, adjustment to illness, advocacy, and substance abuse.
Partner with the multidisciplinary team to proactively support behavior management and patient safety.
Conduct assessments, provide clinical interventions, and coordinate care to support safe and timely discharge planning.
Collaborate with internal and external partners to determine the most appropriate plan of care for each patient.
Coordinate and manage systems to ensure timely discharge to psychiatric facilities, substance abuse treatment programs, outpatient services, and other community resources.
Work variable shifts (1st, 2nd, 3rd; 8- or 12-hour), including holidays and weekends.
Respond to call downs and support acute care codes (trauma, stroke, AMI, Code Blue).
Cover multiple units (ICU, med/surg, specialty units) and prioritize based on acuity.
Communicate effectively with distressed individuals under adverse conditions.
Collaborate with security, Risk, nursing, and police to reduce workplace violence.
Assist with crisis de-escalation and behavior plans.
Support cases involving violent injuries to reduce risk to patients, staff, and community.
Utilize empathy, crisis assessment, and counseling techniques.
Assess social/emotional needs of patients, families, and staff.
Demonstrate advanced knowledge of mental health, suicide risk, and DSM-V criteria.
Complete mental health assessments and coordinate with Psychiatry Consult services.
Facilitate psychiatric transfers or develop safe discharge plans.
Identify when complex care meetings are needed and escalate appropriately.
Develop creative interventions when placement options are limited.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (psych, child life, nursing, PT, etc.).
Make referrals to community agencies and specialists.
Ensure safe discharge planning with appropriate follow-up resources.
Complete legal paperwork for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization and guardianship.
Collaborate with hospital attorneys and testify when required.
Document all cases in the EMR accurately and promptly.
Participate in policy, procedure, and protocol development.
Maintain required competencies, in-services, and professional development.
Support departmental quality improvement and a positive team environment.
Assist with orientation of new MSW hires when assigned.
Demonstrate commitment to Bronson’s mission, values, and customer service standards.