Triage Specialist (Job Posting)

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Ensures that all crisis situations are appropriately assessed and ensures that appropriate levels of service needs are arranged
• Works as treatment team member utilizing all available resources
• Performs and completes all required paperwork in a timely manner
• Ensures that peace officers and local providers (i.e. Physicians, hospital staff) are advised of proper procedures to obtain crisis intervention services
• Completes Emergency Order of Detention (EOD) documentation (if applicable)
• Presents client information to the interdisciplinary treatment team and communicates behavioral interventions to Mental Health Technicians
• Communicates with the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding client progress and issues
• Documents all situations according to procedures
• Attends staff meetings, workshops and seminars to learn agency policy, rules, regulations and procedures; participates in ongoing in-service training as well as pertinent external training

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in any field preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• General skill in exercising independent judgment, tact, patience and understanding; maintaining effective working relationships with clients, other staff and the community
• Must complete all in-service and external training requirements
• Commitment to the mission of Red Rock BHS

Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to stand or sit for long periods of time
• Must have the ability to lift, push, or pull a minimum of 50 pounds
• Able to travel approximately 10% of the time
• Able to use telephone, PC, fax machine, copy machine, and printer