About The Position

Baptist Medical Center is currently looking for an experienced and dynamic Licensed Mental Health Evaluator to join our Inpatient Behavioral Health Service Line at Baptist located in Jacksonville, Florida. This is a Part Time Night shift opportunity. Our Mental Health Evaluators at Baptist will work in an inpatient hospital setting in our Behavioral health unit and they play a critical role in assessing patients' psychological and emotional well-being, particularly during acute episodes of mental illness. The Licensed Mental Health Evaluator team is located at the Baptist Jacksonville campus and is responsible to evaluate behavioral health patients arriving at all 10 Baptist EDs in the system. As a Mental Health Evaluator, you will be consulted by ED physicians to assess adult and pediatric patients and then collaborate with the psychiatry provider to arrive at a disposition of admission or discharge and then facilitate the result.

Requirements

  • Florida LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT required
  • 1-2 years of experience in a behavioral health setting
  • Masters of Science (MS)
  • Crisis Prevention Certification (CPI) Required
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker Required Or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Required Or Licensed Mental Health Counselor Required Or Driver's License (DMV)

Nice To Haves

  • BLS is required at onboarding. CPI, EMTALA, and Baker Act training must be completed within the first 30 days of employment and is provided. Other annual competencies are required and provided on the internal learning management system.

Responsibilities

  • Completes psychosocial and suicide assessments of patients in the ED in person or via telehealth.
  • Completes maternal mental health consults and pediatric trauma screenings on weekends when necessary.
  • Work in Epic, Outlook, Teams, Excel, Teledoc is daily workflow.
  • Must work with the credentialing department and Medical Staff Office to obtain hospital privileges to become billing provider before seeing patients.
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