Crisis Assessment Specialist
About The Position
The Crisis Assessment Specialist assesses clients in consultation with emergency department personnel, psychiatrists, clinicians, and attending physicians, and provides recommendations for disposition. The role conducts face-to-face and/or telehealth triage evaluations, responds to patient and family complaints, manages assessment records, and performs statistical analysis to support effective crisis intervention. The specialist provides timely assessment and referral services, develops safe and clinically appropriate disposition recommendations, and assesses suicide, violence, and elopement potential. The role applies knowledge of state mental health statutes concerning involuntary holds and supports continuity of care by helping implement referral and resource recommendations. It also responds to potentially dangerous situations using low-level interventions and verbal de-escalation to help prevent harm to patients and staff. The position is based at St. Anthony North Health Campus, which provides inpatient and outpatient care, including emergency services, specialty clinics, a birthing center, an ambulatory surgery center, and diagnostic services. The campus emphasizes preventive health, wellness, and person-centered care.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Nursing, or a related behavioral health field.
- Two years of experience in direct behavioral health clinical care.
- Competence with DSM diagnostic criteria and treatment planning.
- Clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution, and critical thinking skills.
- Adequate and available transportation to respond to various evaluation sites.
- A current applicable license in the state of employment: Clinical Psychologist (PSY), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CHMC; Utah only), Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (RN CNS), Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (RN NP), Psych Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), or Licensed Addictions Counselor (LAC).
- In specified circumstances, an allowable current state license may be Certified Social Worker (CSW), Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor (ACHMC), an associate-level mental health therapy license, or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, provided required supervision can be met by hospital staff; the description specifies Utah only for the associate-level mental health therapy and marriage and family therapy provisions.
Nice To Haves
- At least one year of crisis experience.
Responsibilities
- Conduct face-to-face and/or telehealth triage evaluations.
- Assess clients in consultation with emergency department personnel, psychiatrists, clinicians, and attending physicians, and provide disposition recommendations.
- Provide quality, timely assessment and referral services.
- Develop and offer safe, clinically appropriate disposition recommendations to psychiatrists, emergency department physicians, hospital attending physicians, other mental health clinicians, managed care representatives, and clients.
- Assess suicide, violence, and elopement potential.
- Apply knowledge of state mental health statutes and criteria pertaining to involuntary holds.
- Assist with implementing referral and resource recommendations to ensure continuity of patient care after assessment.
- Respond to patient and family complaints.
- Manage assessment records and perform statistical analysis.
- Use low-level interventions and verbal de-escalation in potentially dangerous situations to help avoid harm to patients and staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
