Mental Health Consultant - PRN - AAMC
About The Position
Position Objective: Provides expert direct care to patients, families and family systems; provides teaching, evaluation, assessment and counseling to patients and families as needed. Essential Job Duties: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions Performs mental health assessments and provides thorough documentation. Develops treatment plans consistent with best practices and assists in providing referral to most appropriate level of care. Assists in securing inpatient psychiatric treatment and insurance authorizations as needed. Functions as an expert clinical resource to nursing and medical staff; coordinates the care of patients in need of psychiatric treatment. Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to effect continuous improvement in the delivery of family-centered patient care. Accepts and discharges additional responsibilities as needed and required to meet service line and organizational objectives. The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.
Requirements
- If serving as a bilingual/multilingual interpreter, certification in Medical Interpretation is required to perform the duties of a qualified interpreter.
- Graduation from a masters level clinical program
- One year of clinical experience with demonstrated clinical diagnostic competency.
- Maryland license LCSW-C or LCPC
Responsibilities
- Performs mental health assessments and provides thorough documentation.
- Develops treatment plans consistent with best practices and assists in providing referral to most appropriate level of care. Assists in securing inpatient psychiatric treatment and insurance authorizations as needed.
- Functions as an expert clinical resource to nursing and medical staff; coordinates the care of patients in need of psychiatric treatment.
- Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to effect continuous improvement in the delivery of family-centered patient care.
- Accepts and discharges additional responsibilities as needed and required to meet service line and organizational objectives.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Assistance Benefits
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Programs and more
- Benefit offerings based on employment status
