Mental Health Professional - Court Liaison

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Master's Level Inpatient Therapist 

Job Summary and Qualifications

· Demonstrates advanced clinical skills and ability to assess patients to determine appropriate level of care.

· Identifies cultural considerations, gender identity and preferred language for patients and family

· Demonstrates advance practice in assessments, and all other documentation timely and in compliance with requirements (as appropriate to scope)

· 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)

· Recognizes and acts upon unexpected assessment findings

· Leads in ensuring a safe structured milieu with evidence based treatment modalities/resources

· Maintains active and timely communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and continuum of care providers

· Provides education and guidance regarding state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn and guardianship processes.

· Assesses, collaborates, coordinates and provides guidance on complex discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with the multidisciplinary team.

· Develops and maintains a community resource guide including access to public assistance/alternatives.

· Facilitates and participates in Community Education, Activities and Support Groups (as appropriate to scope)

· Demonstrates appropriate application of age/developmental stage specific standards, policies and procedures, and guidelines in assessing and treating patients to ensure patient safety.

· 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.

· Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, payer representatives, and other parties as appropriate regarding behavioral services

· Reviews, coaches and assists with training of new staff/interns as assigned within approved practice and program guidelines.

What qualifications you will need:

· Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

· Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

· Masters Degree – REQUIRED

· Provisional Licensure may be REQUIRED – LPC-A/LMSW/ETC

Benefits

Medical City McKinney, 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.

Medical City McKinney opened its doors more than 90 years ago. We are a 285+ bed acute care hospital. We serve the residents of McKinney and northern Collin County. Our main campus is a Level III Trauma Center. We provide emergency services at our main campus and at Medical City ER Stonebridge. We have cardiovascular and neurological services. We offer general surgery, orthopedics and women's services. Additionally, a Level II neonatal intensive care unit and behavioral health services. Medical City McKinney is a Primary Stroke Center. We are also a stroke rehabilitation center. We are certified by The Joint Commission for total hip and total knee replacement. We are a part of the Medical City network of hospitals. Patients are ensured access to medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Master's Level Inpatient Therapist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.