Behavioral Health Evaluation Center Care Manager PT, Variable

Prisma Health•Columbia, SC

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides timely, comprehensive behavioral health evaluations in the Emergency Department and mobile assessment services for the inpatient consult liaison team and contract facilities. Collaborates with providers and multidisciplinary team members, communicates with physicians and treatment teams to facilitate transitions of care and hospital admissions, and coordinates discharge planning and post-hospital services. Maintains records and assessment documentation and manages statistical data. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The work schedule is variable. The position is located at Richland Springs Hospital, 11 Medical Park Rd, Richland.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling, or a related field of study.
One year of counseling experience.
Required licensure: 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 using appropriate nomenclature when reviewing patients with physicians.
Ability to complete clinical documentation using a computerized documentation system.

Nice To Haves

Emergency room experience.
Group therapy experience or private practice exposure.
Individual, family, and marriage counseling experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ behavioral health and substance abuse needs in collaboration with emergency medicine providers, psychiatrists, and the emergency medicine interdisciplinary team, obtaining collateral information from multiple sources.
Identify and refer patients and families to community resources when appropriate.
Refer and coordinate transfers to inpatient psychiatric hospitals or substance abuse treatment centers when indicated.
Provide ongoing case management and support to patients and families while discharge disposition is pending.
Help patients evaluate their strengths and symptoms, set their own goals, and plan appropriate services.
Prepare case histories of patients’ personal, social, and emotional development.
Conduct face-to-face behavioral health evaluations in the Emergency Department.
Communicate patient and family issues to the treatment team and act as liaison with other active services and services involved in discharge planning.
Apply Mental Health First Aid techniques during patient crises.
Provide telephone assessments for community professionals to determine clinical appropriateness for services.
Help patients locate and use community resources, including legal services, financial assistance, and other referral services.
Oversee compliance of emergency psychiatric and chemical dependency hospitalization papers in accordance with state law.
Assist medical providers in completing Inability to Consent documentation by identifying the appropriate surrogate decision maker in compliance with the Adult Healthcare Consent Act.
Maintain records, document assessments, and manage statistical data.
Perform other duties as assigned.