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Bronson Healthcare Group•Battle Creek, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Multiple openings for Medical Social Worker, full-time opportunities with day and variable shift options, working 72 or 80 hours per pay period. The Medical Social Worker is responsible for delivering comprehensive social work services to patients across the lifespan—including infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations—throughout all medical areas of the hospital. 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 support behavior management and patient safety, conduct assessments, provide clinical interventions, and coordinate care to support safe and timely discharge planning. This role involves collaborating with internal and external partners to determine the most appropriate plan of care for each patient and coordinating and managing systems and activities 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.
Must hold an LMSW or LLMSW in good standing with the State of Michigan; LMSW preferred.
Demonstrates the educational and experiential background necessary to perform at a professional clinical level.
Regular standing, walking, talking, and hearing.
Occasional sitting and use of hands for documentation and electronic systems.
Ability to lift/move up to 10 pounds occasionally.
Requires close and distance vision with the ability to adjust focus.
Exceptional interpersonal skills, including: Verbal and written communication, Problem-solving and critical thinking, Advocacy and crisis intervention, Empathy and assertiveness, Strong customer-service orientation.
Regular communication occurs with: Internal teams: physicians, interdisciplinary team members, finance, management. External stakeholders: patients, families, third-party payers, community agencies.
Effective negotiation, conflict resolution, motivational interviewing, and simultaneous communication with multiple parties.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.
Partnering with the multidisciplinary team to support behavior management and patient safety.
Conducting assessments, providing clinical interventions, and coordinating care to support safe and timely discharge planning.
Collaborating with internal and external partners to determine the most appropriate plan of care for each patient.
Coordinating and managing systems and activities 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.
Understand patient flow and coordinate smooth transfers within and outside the system.
Communicate effectively with distressed individuals under adverse conditions.
Collaborate with security, nursing, Risk, and police to reduce workplace violence.
Assist with crisis de-escalation, behavior plans, and safety interventions.
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.
Work by consult from physicians, nurses, patients, or families.
Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and provide clinical updates.
Complete legal paperwork for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization and guardianship.
Collaborate with hospital attorneys and testify when required.
Thoroughly document all cases in the EMR in a timely, accurate manner.
Participate in policy, procedure, and protocol development.
Maintain professional development, required competencies, and continuing education.
Support departmental quality improvement and a positive team environment.