Licensed Intake Clinician - PRN
About The Position
HCA Healthcare Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness is hiring a Licensed Intake Clinician to assess patients and determine the appropriate level of care. The clinician identifies cultural considerations, gender identity, and preferred language; completes assessments and documentation within the applicable scope of practice; monitors patient and environmental safety; and responds to changes in condition and unexpected findings. The role identifies risk factors and applies screening criteria and interventions for patients requiring special precautions, while helping maintain a safe, structured milieu using evidence-based treatment resources. The clinician communicates with patients, families, the multidisciplinary team, and continuum-of-care providers; provides guidance on state commitment processes, abuse reporting, duty to warn, and guardianship; and collaborates on complex discharge planning and readiness. The role also develops and maintains a community resource guide, participates in community education and support activities as appropriate to scope, and provides education about behavioral services to patients, families, team members, payer representatives, and others. The clinician applies age- and developmental-stage-specific standards, maintains professional boundaries, communicates professionally, and may coach and assist with training new staff or interns as assigned. Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness provides inpatient stabilization for adults and adolescents experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms that cannot be addressed in an outpatient setting. The center offers round-the-clock services, physician availability, and skilled nursing care.
Requirements
- Master’s degree and licensure as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or as a Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor (LPC/LMHC); required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients and determine the appropriate level of care.
- Identify cultural considerations, gender identity, and preferred language for patients and families.
- Complete assessments and other documentation in a timely manner and in compliance with requirements applicable to the clinician’s scope.
- Assess the environment and patient safety status, and report or respond to actual and potential safety issues or changes in condition.
- Identify risk factors, screening criteria, and interventions for patients requiring special precautions, including suicide, homicide, falls, or elopement precautions.
- Recognize and act on unexpected assessment findings.
- Help maintain a safe, structured milieu using evidence-based treatment modalities and resources.
- Maintain timely communication with patients, families, the multidisciplinary team, and continuum-of-care providers.
- Provide education and guidance about state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn, and guardianship processes.
- Assess, collaborate, coordinate, and provide guidance on complex discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with the multidisciplinary team.
- Develop and maintain a community resource guide, including access to public assistance and alternatives.
- Facilitate and participate in community education, activities, and support groups as appropriate to scope.
- Apply age- and developmental-stage-specific standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines when assessing and treating patients.
- Maintain professionalism and communicate effectively with peers, staff, patients, and families, including when resolving conflicts.
- Maintain clear professional boundaries with peers, patients, and families.
- Educate patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, payer representatives, and other appropriate parties about behavioral services.
- Review, coach, and assist with training new staff or interns as assigned and within approved practice and program guidelines.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
- Time-away-from-work programs, including paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
- Additional benefits including fertility and family-building support, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.
