ED Crisis Clinician - (LCSW, LMFT, LPC)

Hartford Healthcare • Bridgeport, CT

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The ED Crisis Clinician provides direct patient care by conducting emergency psychiatric assessments. This role involves interpreting the psychiatric and psychosocial needs of patients, gathering collateral information to determine appropriate disposition, and facilitating advocacy, referral, and discharge planning. The clinician will work with patients' community behavioral health and medical providers to ensure coordinated clinical care. Responsibilities include facilitating the treatment process by referring patients and families to appropriate levels of care and resources, providing direct crisis intervention services, and coordinating care and dispositions of psychiatric patients with Emergency Department staff. The clinician will also document assessments and case management activities, initiate treatment plans for longer-stay patients in collaboration with providers, and actively participate in quality and safety initiatives. This role requires active participation in administrative and development activities, including debriefings, team meetings, clinical supervision of staff, and staff education, all while contributing to an improved patient experience and ensuring cost-effective utilization of resources.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Professional Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy
• A minimum of two years' experience in a psychiatric setting required, preferably in an emergency department/crisis role
• Current CT license required: LCSW, LMFT, or LPC
• Computer proficient
• Ability to assess problems, determine solution and make decisions within a timely manner
• Utilize supervision and team approaches in the context of patient assessment and clinical interventions
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity
• Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patient needs
• Focused on personal, patient/client and unit/staff safety
• Assumes responsibility for self-improvement by identifying, communicating and seeking resources or instruction/validation to meet own learning needs, and is self-directed in maintaining currency of validations, certifications, licensure and training
• Is cognizant of health-related social needs and cultural competence.
• Recognizes and addresses health disparities-inequalities and injustices directed toward clients, related to access to care and provision of health services
• Develops and maintains cultural competence with an understanding of the history, traditions, values, and family systems of client groups as relates to health care and decision-making.
• Displays sensitivity to and awareness of the diversity in cultural groups and integrates this knowledge into their practice

Nice To Haves

• Four years' experience in a psychiatric setting, preferably in an emergency department/crisis role is preferred

Responsibilities

• Conducts emergency psychiatric assessments.
• Interprets the psychiatric and psychosocial needs of the patients and gathers collateral information to determine appropriate disposition.
• Conducts advocacy, referral and discharge planning to meet patient/family needs.
• Works with patients’ community behavioral health and medical providers to assure coordination of clinical care.
• Facilitates treatment process by referring patient/family members to appropriate level of care, and other resources as well as providing direct crisis intervention services.
• Coordinates care and dispositions of psychiatric patients with Emergency Department staff while working effectively as a team member both within and across clinical setting to provide an integrated delivery of health care services through communication, cooperation and collaboration.
• Documents assessments and all case management activities related to patients.
• Initiates treatment plan for longer length of stay patients in collaboration with provider.
• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives to support the unit which may include participation in initiatives, committees, workgroups, and aftercare calls.
• Participates in administrative and development activities including debriefings, team meetings, clinical supervision of staff and staff education.
• Works as a team member to contribute to improved patient experience.
• Ensures the cost-effective utilization of resources.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire, including seven paid holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits as well as employee discount programs
• Stress free commute; free parking and no shuttles
• Staff kitchen
• Individual offices for full-time clinicians

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level