Assessment Clinician FT Days

Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital•Tacoma, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital is hiring a full-time Assessment Clinician with a Master's Level to join their Inpatient team. This is a Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm position. Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital is a 120-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital located in Tacoma, Washington, accredited by the Department of Health and Joint Commission. They provide acute care psychiatric services to both voluntary and involuntary patients.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Behavioral Science field or Social Work
Current Washington state license as: Licensed as Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), or Licensed Advanced Social Worker (LASW), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers (LICSAW), or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHCA) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFTA)
Basic Life Support through American Heart Association or American Red Cross required to start
Two (2) years experience in psychiatric/mental health setting

Nice To Haves

Skilled in de-escalation and brief solution-focused therapy
Skilled in providing group therapy and diagnostic evaluations
Ability to interpret complex psychosocial factors to a variety of psychiatric and addition patients
Ability to relate accepted theories of psychiatry/psychology to practice situations

Responsibilities

Independently conduct psychosocial assessment, develop updates and detailed reassessment of the patient needs
Assess social history and identify high-social risk issues that may impact disposition planning
Coordinate with family, support persons and community providers to make a full and complete assessment of patient’s functioning, care needs and discharge supports
Provide patient and family education, support and advocacy
Participate as a member of the treatment team in developing interdisciplinary master treatment plan goals for treatment and guide subsequent intervention
Implement planned interventions aimed at meeting specified goals in the treatment plan and offered through a variety of modalities (group, individual, couple, family, etc.)
Make level of care recommendations and assist care coordinators in developing comprehensive disposition plans to the next level of care
Provide therapeutic activities that focus upon the development and maintenance of adaptive skills that will improve the patient’s functioning
Report to work at scheduled time and work the entirety of the scheduled shift