Screening Clinician

About the role

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC employs 1,060 behavioral health professionals and support staff, has a budget of $260 million, operates 15 sites, and provides services including inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.

Responsibilities

• Perform psychiatric emergency services, screening, and screening outreach assessments as well as other mental health services.
• Demonstrate competence in providing generic crisis assessment of individuals of all ages (birth through 65+ years) and determining the need for any additional professional consultation.
• Devising an appropriate intervention/disposition plan.
• Identify the appropriate level of care disposition using DSM‑5 criteria, clinical expertise, and departmental criteria.
• Serve assigned shifts providing on‑site, outreach screening and commitment evaluations effectively and skillfully.
• Utilize person, family and agency information to determine an appropriate screening outcome for persons served.
• Complete all documentation within required timeframe.
• Maintain comprehensive and up‑to‑date knowledge of eligibility and admission criteria for units, programs, and contracts served by the department.
• Contribute to and support an environment that enhances the positive self‑image of persons served and preserves their human dignity.