Psychiatric Crisis Dept Clinician

Enjoy the benefits of a full-time position while working three 12-hour overnight shifts (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM) each week. This role offers flexible self-scheduling, shift-trading options, and opportunities to pick up additional contingent shifts for extra income. Receive a shift differential on top of base pay for all scheduled hours. Work alongside a supportive overnight team with direct supervisor availability, including onsite clinical supervision hours for licensure requirements. Excellent opportunity for professional growth, leadership development, and advancement into future Lead Clinician roles.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses and documents client presenting problems, history, symptomology, mental status, and diagnosis.
• Prescribes initial interventions in a timely manner.
• Assists in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives.
• Employs strategies of intervention that are consistent with empirically supported treatments and consistent with program expectations.
• Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care.
• Completes clinical charting and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards.
• Remains current in general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborates consistently with team psychiatrist.

Requirements

• Master's Degree from an accredited university or professional school of Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Appropriate Ohio licensure; must remain current in required licensure and clinical or other training as required.
• Independent license preferred.

Intern-to-Hire Provision: Internal or organizational interns who have completed their academic program may be hired while awaiting full licensure, provided they hold a valid Ohio Board Trainee Registration. Candidates must be operating within the initial 60-day post-graduation window or an approved trainee extension (up to 6 months maximum).

Qualifications

• Experience providing and managing culturally appropriate and trauma-informed behavioral healthcare to children, adolescents, and families.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, peers, and community representatives.

Schedule

• 36 hours per week (0.9 FTE), three 12-hour overnight shifts (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM).
• Flexible self-scheduling and shift-trading options.
• Opportunities to pick up additional contingent shifts for extra income.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally: Bend/twist, climb stairs/ladder, lifting/carrying 0-10 lbs, loud noises, pushing/pulling 0-25 lbs, reaching above shoulder, squat/kneel, working outdoors.
• Frequently: Driving motor vehicles (work required), flexing/extending of neck, sitting, standing, walking.
• Continuously: Audible speech, color vision, computer skills, decision making, depth perception, hand use (grasping, gripping, turning), hearing acuity, interpreting data, peripheral vision, problem solving, repetitive hand/arm use, seeing (far/near).
• Additional: Talking on phone/in person constantly (67-100%).