Medical Social Worker - PRN Status - Bronson At Home

Medical Social Worker - Prn Status - Bronson At Home

Bronson At Home provides treatment at the patient's home. Instruct, treat, observe, and evaluate clients with significant social and emotional situations affecting their health status. Employee must be able to provide services appropriate to all ages, newborn through geriatric. Must drive personal automobile on a regular basis throughout the service area. Must have a valid driver's license, maintains own insurance and is able to provide own transportation.

Hospital Medical Social Worker: Responsible for the delivery of social work services to all medical areas of the hospital to a variety of patient populations. Provides direct intervention with patients and families in such areas as mental health, suicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, child/adult abuse/neglect, death/grief, crisis intervention, advocacy, and substance abuse. In conjunction with assessment provides intervention for families and patients for discharge planning, etc. Educates and counsels patients/families on available community resources and facilities. Collaborates with other members of the patient care team including external agencies to assess each situation to determine the best course of action. Coordinates and manages systems and activities toward the end that referred patients are discharged in a timely manner to psychiatric facilities, substance abuse treatment, etc. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Requirements and Responsibilities:

• Master's degree in Social Work and 1 year recent medical or mental health experience required
• Additional education/experience may be required depending on specific department
• Current Social Work license in the state of Michigan
• 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.
• Depending on department of assignment
• Assesses the nature of the crisis and the immediate social/emotional needs and strengths of the patient and family in order to provide appropriate intervention.
• Performs appropriate screenings based on patient population and need.
• Identifies problems surrounding the crisis situation and may act as patient advocate to ameliorate such problems.
• Collaborates with other members of the patient care team to understand each situation from different perspectives and recommends or provides immediate treatment and solution focused interventions.
• Works effectively as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating and communicating regularly with the team and other members on cases and as issues arise.
• Identifies the need for, develops plan of care and makes referrals to community agencies and other healthcare specialist and plans to ensure the appropriate follow-up treatment and support is available and provided for after leaving the department.
• Thoroughly documents each case and enters appropriate information into the patient's medical record.
• Participates in the development of departmental policies, procedures and protocols.
• Identifies and provides for learning needs of patients, families, and healthcare co-workers.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development.
• Develops and supports a positive work climate and the overall team effort of the department.
• Mentors and supervises students.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Practice Medical Social Worker:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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. Demonstrates effective interviewing, problem-solving and critical thinking in providing services to patients. Communicates effectively with external customers such as patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously. Regularly utilizes effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills as needed.
• Assesses the nature of the crisis and the immediate social/emotional needs and strengths of the patient and family in order to provide appropriate intervention.
• Performs appropriate screenings based on patient population and need.
• Identifies problems surrounding the crisis situation and may act as patient advocate to ameliorate such problems.
• Collaborates with other members of the patient care team to understand each situation from different perspectives and recommends or provides immediate treatment and solution focused interventions.
• Works effectively as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating and communicating regularly with the team and other members on cases and as issues arise.
• Identifies the need for, develops plan of care and makes referrals to community agencies and other healthcare specialist and plans to ensure the appropriate follow-up treatment and support is available and provided for after leaving the department.
• Thoroughly documents each case and enters appropriate information into the patient's medical record.
• Participates in the development of departmental policies, procedures and protocols.
• Identifies and provides for learning needs of patients, families, and healthcare coworkers.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development.
• Develops and supports a positive work climate and the overall team effort of the department.
• Mentors and supervises students.

For Bronson Lakeview Hospital and Bronson South Haven Hospital:

• The Medical Social Worker is responsible for completing the Word day CBL –"Swing beds". This is an annual CBL that describes the difference in a swing bed patient versus an in-patient or observation patient. The Medical Social Worker will understand the documentation differences and the specific care required for each individual swing bed patient.
• Bronson Lakeview Neurobehavioral Health is required to have all their employees participate in recipient rights education. This education is assumed by the Recipient Rights Offer.
• Provide or coordinate the protection of recipient rights for all directly operated or contracted services.
• Ensure that recipients, parents of minor recipients, and guardians or other legal representatives have access to The Rights Booklet of their rights guaranteed by the Michigan Mental Health Code and are notified of those rights in an understandable manner, both at the time services are initiated and periodically during the time services are provided to the recipient.
• Ensure that the telephone number and address of the Office of Recipient Rights and the name of Rights Advisor are conspicuously posted in all service sites.
• Maintain a record system for all reports of apparent or suspected rights violations received including a mechanism for logging in all complaints and a mechanism for secure storage of all investigative documents as evidence.
• Ensure that each service site is visited with the frequency necessary for protection of rights but in no case less than annually.
• Serve as consultant to Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee, Risk Management Department, and other directors and to the associates of BLH in matters related to recipient rights.
• Ensure that all reports of apparent or suspected violations of rights within Bronson LakeView Hospital are investigated in accordance with section 330.1778 of the Michigan Mental Health Code. The policy requires that the rights office must conduct investigations in a manner that does not violate employee rights. Those reports that do not warrant investigation are intervened upon and recorded