Senior Behavioral Health Specialist

About The Job

Job Summary: MedStar Health is looking for a Senior Behavioral Health Specialist. This role provides direct crisis intervention services to children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations in the Emergency Department across all Medstar facilities.

Primary Duties

• Conduct comprehensive behavioral health assessments and evaluations to determine appropriate patient disposition and level-of-care recommendations.
• Coordinate admissions, transfers, and referrals by collaborating with physicians, nurses, inpatient psychiatric units, community providers, and insurance companies.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation, ensuring adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational standards.

Serve as a clinical resource

• Provide consultation, training, and support to staff while promoting consistency in assessment and documentation practices.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on workflow efficiency, documentation integrity, compliance, and patient care outcomes across multiple hospital sites.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in psychology. (Required)
• 3-4 years Advanced assessment, documentation, and workflow improvement leadership. (Required)
• LCSW-C - Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical in the State of Maryland upon hire (Required)
• OR
• LCPC-Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the State of Maryland upon hire (Required)

Pay

This position has a hiring range of USD $35.68 - USD $58.84 /Hr.