Mental Health Professional - Licensed

Hourly wage estimate: $24.87 - $34.82. Factors such as skills, experience, and comparison to other employees in the role may determine your actual salary.

About the role

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 families.

• 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).
• Conducts post-discharge follow-up if indicated.
• Assists with Process and Quality Improvement initiatives.
• Delivers patient care based on accepted standards of care.
• 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.
• Performs utilization review as assigned.
• Participates in developing department goals/objectives and clinical programming.
• Reviews, coaches, and assists with training of new staff/interns as assigned within approved practice and program guidelines.
• Demonstrates knowledge and role in hospital codes.
• Follows all hospital and department policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification.
• Master’s Degree in Social Work (LCSW) or Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor (LPC/LMHC).

Benefits

Chippenham 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.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the employer

Chippenham Hospital has provided quality healthcare services since 1972, offering patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With over 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 460+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities located on the Southside of Richmond. We are the region's first choice for orthopedics, joint care, behavioral health, and cardiovascular care. The Joint Commission awarded Chippenham Hospital the Gold Seal of Approval and named us a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for advanced primary stroke, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, perinatal care, hip and knee replacement, and surgical care. We are also a Level I Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center.