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 critical recommendations for disposition. The role conducts face-to-face and/or telehealth triage evaluations, responds to patient and family complaints, assists with 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 state mental health statutes related to involuntary holds, supports continuity of care by helping implement referral and resource recommendations, and responds to potentially dangerous situations with low-level interventions and verbal de-escalation.
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 license in the state of employment in an eligible discipline: 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).
- Certain associate or certified licenses are allowable when proper supervision is required and can be met by hospital staff: Certified Social Worker (CSW), Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor (ACHMC), associate-level Mental Health Therapy License, and Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (Utah only).
Nice To Haves
- At least one year of crisis experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide quality, timely assessment and referral services.
- Conduct face-to-face and/or telehealth triage evaluations.
- Consult with emergency department personnel, psychiatrists, clinicians, and attending physicians to assess clients and recommend disposition.
- Develop and offer safe, clinically appropriate disposition recommendations to psychiatrists, emergency department physicians, 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 referrals and resource recommendations to assure continuity of patient care after assessment.
- Respond to patient and family complaints.
- Assist in managing assessment records and perform statistical analysis.
- Use low-level interventions and verbal de-escalation in potentially dangerous situations to avoid harm to patients and staff.
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Job Type
Full-time
