This position is eligible for up to a $5,000 sign-on bonus!
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing mental health services to patients presenting in the Emergency Department, including crisis/intake assessment and intervention, making appropriate referral for acuity, providing education, discharge planning, acting as a community liaison, offering assistance to family members
Education, License & Cert:
Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field preferred.
Experience:
One year's experience working in a psychiatric setting, a human service field or a related field.
Essential Functions:
- Provides evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention and referral for all populations served by the department in the emergency room.
- Demonstrates the ability to document understandable, comprehensible psychiatric evaluation and progress notes.
- Responsible discharge planning and arranges follow‐up care and referrals.
- Functions as a liaison between the Behavioral Health services and community agencies and maintains knowledge of community resources that may be used in treatment planning.
- Recognizes and identifies actual or potential situations which places the organization at risk for corporate compliance violations. Communicates compliance issues/concerns with department manager and/or follows the policy for addressing the situation.
Other Duties:
- Complies with Department and organization policies and procedures
- Performs other duties as assigned
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