Licensed Clinical Evaluator

Rochester Regional Health

3d•$30 - $41

About The Position

Provides emergency mental health evaluations, crisis intervention, milieu management and dispositional planning for patients needing assessment and intervention in a variety of clinical or community settings

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing OR Master Degree in human service field OR PhD/PsyD required.
2 years relevant experience preferred
Required New York State Licensure / Certification
LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, permit or license required OR RN license required OR If PhD/PsyD.is held, no license required.

Responsibilities

Provides Emergency mental health evaluations.
With the psychiatrists supervision, acts as consultant to assist patient and clinical team with Behavioral Health subject matter expertise
Provides crisis and /or acute mental health intervention to patients presenting to the psychiatric emergency department setting in collaboration with family and significant others.
Prioritizes and triages patients requiring immediate psychiatric intervention.
Manages all telecommunication, collaboration with internal and external customers, and documentation relevant to the psychiatric patient admission, treatment, and discharge or transfer.
Consults with the Team Leader, Manager, and/or Psychiatrist on Call to implement the most appropriate treatment and dispositional plan.
Reviews every person evaluated with the psychiatrist to determine the most appropriate treatment and disposition.
Provides Behavioral Health evaluations in secure settings, hospital settings, outpatient settings and community locations
Provides Substance use screenings and interventions using evidence based practices like SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment)
Attend Monthly scheduled staff meetings
Data Collection
Ad hoc committee membership
Performs other duties as assigned