Licensed Intake Clinician - PRN

About the role

The Mental Health Professional II is to deliver exceptional, patient-focused care by providing supervised mental health services to patients and their loved ones.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• LMSW, LCSW-C, LPC-A, LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LMHC - REQUIRED.

Benefits

• 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.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.