Intake and Placement Clinician - Masters

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Mental Health Professional II Masters? At Mission Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Intake and Placement Clinician works with a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of emergency room and psychiatry providers to provide high quality, patient-centered care. Their responsibilities include conducting comprehensive clinical assessments and supporting pediatric and adolescent patients who are awaiting placement that aligns with their level of care recommendation. In addition to CCA's this role will perform initial assessments, daily rounding, and coordinate care with the care management team. This role will also work with adults as pediatric and adolescent placement needs fluctuate. 

The schedule offers either five eight-hour shifts or four ten-hour shifts.

What you will do in this Role:

• Demonstrates advanced clinical skills and ability to perform level-of-care determinations. 
• Coordinates with treatment team to determine safe discharge plan, or inpatient transfer. Assesses environment and patient’s safety status and reports/responds to actual and potential safety issues or changes in the patient's condition. 
• Identifies risk factors, screening criteria and interventions for patients with special precautions (e.g., suicide, homicide, falls, elopement). 
• Completes advanced assessments and all other documentation promptly and in compliance with requirements, as appropriate to scope. 
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to assess and coordinate patient’s discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge. 
• Provides guidance on complex issues. Conducts post-discharge follow-up as indicated. Evaluates re-admissions for gaps in discharge planning processes. 
• Formulates a plan and implements new strategies. Develops and maintains a community resource guide including access to public assistance/alternatives. 
• Coordinates with treatment team to ensure a safe, structured milieu with evidence-based support/resources. Identifies cultural considerations, gender identity and preferred language for patients and family. 
• Demonstrates appropriate application of age/developmental stage specific standards, policies and procedures, and guidelines in assessing patients to ensure patient safety. 
• Maintains active and timely communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and continuum of care providers. 
• Maintains professionalism and uses good communication skills in interacting with peers, staff, patients, families and in resolving conflicts. 
• Demonstrates understanding of and ability to maintain clear professional boundaries with peers, patients and families. 
• Provides education and guidance regarding state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn and guardianship processes. 
• Demonstrates knowledge and role in hospital codes.

What qualifications you will need:

• North Carolina Notary Public must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Masters Degree

• Provisional or Full  licensure required

Benefits

Mission Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is based in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the state’s sixth largest health system. Mission Health is consistently named one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems by IBM Watson Health and is the only health system in North Carolina to achieve this recognition. Mission Health operates six hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, post-acute care provider CarePartners, long-term acute care provider Asheville Specialty Hospital and the region’s only dedicated Level II trauma center. With approximately 12,000 colleagues and 2,000 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Mental Health Professional II Masters opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

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