Behavioral Mental Health Weekend Supervisor

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Part Time Behavioral Mental Health Supervisor to manage an All-Star team of Behavioral Mental Health Specialists at our Arthur M. Blank Hospital Emergency Department. As our weekend leader you will work Saturdays and Sundays to provide system leadership and supervision to the Behavioral & Mental Health Specialists, including oversight and coordination of services to ensure consistency with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's mission and vision. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Requirements

Five years of experience in postgraduate social work and/or counseling
Three years of experience in a pediatric medical setting
Two years of leadership experience in a clinical setting
Master’s degree in social work or counseling from an accredited graduate school
Georgia Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and/or Georgia Licensed Practicing Counselor (LPC)
Must possess excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills
Must be able to resolve conflict and problem solve among multi-disciplinary team members
Must exhibit skills in staff development and time management
Must be able to organize and manage multiple tasks
Must exhibit skills in coordination, delegation, and team collaboration
Must demonstrate knowledge of age-appropriate assessment, treatment, and practice
Must be able to remain calm and manage verbal/physical responses in stressful situations
Must be able to successfully pass the Basic Windows Skill Assessment at 80% or higher rating within 30 days of employment

Nice To Haves

Two years of leadership experience in a mental and behavioral health care setting

Responsibilities

Demonstrates competencies in comprehensive psychiatric assessments and discharge planning for patients presenting in a behavioral and mental health crisis in the Emergency Department or other practice settings.
Maintains understanding of external behavioral and mental health resources and means of appropriately accessing and connecting families with resources.
Facilitates multi-disciplinary team huddles and proactively identifies and escalates issues as appropriate.
Acts as a behavioral and mental health resource for patients
Maintains ability to assist with clinical care.
Supervises and coordinates student education as appropriate.
Attends educational opportunities of minimum 18 hours job-related education per year.
Fosters professional development of others via constructive performance appraisals and professional development plans.
Fosters collegial relationships between team members, other departments, and medical staff members.
Establishes departmental goals and leads unit to achieve them.
Manages staffing effectiveness.
Rounds proactively to identify and react to escalating concerns of potential or actual conflict, seeking resolution, and incorporating service recovery.
Develops and maintains relationships with leadership in other departments to ensure appropriate resources are accessible for clinicians.
Executes implementation plans for system and unit changes.
Engages departmental leaders to achieve unit goals and projects.
Focuses time and attention on key retention activities.
Coaches staff to improve performance.
Manages daily operations of the BMHS for the system.