Behavioral Health Therapist -Part Time/20 hours/Day Shift- St. Mary Mercy Livonia

Employment Type

Part time

Shift

Day Shift

Description

Provides direct clinical services to patients, families, and significant others in various settings, including Emergency Services, on medical units and in various ambulatory settings, as assigned.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Provides direct clinical services to patients, families and others, including mental health and chemical dependency evaluations, crisis intervention, and supportive counseling and referrals for additional services.
• Provides supportive intervention for situational distress, illnesses, and trauma; intervention and support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, abuse and neglect.
• Provides patient and family information and education regarding medical and mental health issues relevant to the setting.
• Aids the Emergency Department medical and nursing staffs with the assessment of more difficult and/or complex patients by applying clinical techniques such as crisis intervention.
• Prepares documentation for all services provided, including maintaining contact records, clinical evaluations, supportive services and disposition plans.
• Facilitates the entry of patients into SJMHS Behavioral Services by providing patient evaluations, analyzing symptoms and history using DSMV and making level of care recommendations.
• Obtains appropriate informed consents and/or other legally required documents for admissions.
• Collaborates with Patient Financial Services during business hours to ensure insurance verification and benefits determination.
• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
• Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System.

Required Education, Experience And Certification/Licensure

• Requires a Master's degree in social work, psychology, psychiatric nursing, or counseling.
• Licenses appropriate to the profession.

Required Skills And Abilities

• Clinical and analytical skills necessary to assess an individual's needs for behavioral health services, including evaluation of the individual's risk for dangerousness to self or others.
• Knowledge of psychiatric diagnostic nosology and criteria.
• Demonstrated competence with verbal and written communication skills that offer concise, relevant, timely communication and/or documentation of clinical assessments.
• Ability to learn and utilize various software, database applications and electronic health records.