About This Role
Directing and overseeing behavioral health evaluations in an emergency department setting is at the heart of this role, together with providing mobile assessment services to various facilities. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage patient care transitions and coordinate discharge planning with post-hospital care agencies.
Responsibilities
- Assess patient's behavioral health/substance abuse needs in collaboration with EM providers, psychiatrists, and EM interdisciplinary team by obtaining collateral information from a myriad of sources
- Identify and refer patients/family to community resources when appropriate
- Refer and coordinate transfers to IP psychiatric hospitals/substance abuse treatment centers when indicated
- Provide ongoing case management and support of this patient population and their family while pending discharge disposition
- Assist patients to evaluate both their strengths and symptoms, and facilitate patients setting their own goals and plan for appropriate services
- Prepare case history of patient's personal, social, and emotional development
- Provide face-to-face behavioral health evaluations in the ED setting
- Communicate patient and family issues to treatment team and act as the liaison between other active services and/or services involved in patient's discharge plan
- Apply facets of Mental Health First Aid during times of crisis to patients
- Provide telephone assessment for professionals in the community to determine clinical appropriateness for services
- Assist patients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, financial assistance, and other referral services
- Manage oversight and compliance of emergency psychiatric/chemical dependency hospitalization papers in accordance with state law
- Assist Medical Providers in the completion of Inability to Consent documentation by identifying the appropriate surrogate decision maker in compliance with the Adult Healthcare Consent Act
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Master's degree in Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling or related field of study
- One (1) year of counseling experience
- LPC (Licensed Practical Counselor), LMFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist), LAC (Licensed Associate Counselor), LPES (Licensed Psycho-Educational Specialist) or related licensure
- Skills necessary to assess patients of all ages
- Ability to communicate with appropriate nomenclature when reviewing patients with physicians
- Ability to complete Clinical Documentation on the computerized documentation system
Nice to have:
- Emergency room experience
