Psychiatric Crisis Dept. Clinician

Nationwide Children's Hospital • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

Provides clinical assessment, behavioral health treatment, case management, care coordination, and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, and their families across professional and clinical settings. The clinician assesses and documents client needs, helps develop treatment goals, uses empirically supported interventions, coordinates care, completes clinical and administrative documentation, and collaborates with the team psychiatrist.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited university or professional school in Counseling, Social Work, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Appropriate Ohio licensure and continued currency in required licensure and clinical or other training.
• Experience providing and managing culturally appropriate, trauma-informed behavioral healthcare to children, adolescents, and families.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, peers, and community representatives.

Nice To Haves

• Independent license.

Responsibilities

• Assess and document clients’ presenting problems, history, symptoms, mental status, and diagnosis; prescribe initial interventions in a timely manner.
• Assist in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives.
• Use intervention strategies consistent with empirically supported treatments and program expectations.
• Coordinate client care with other service providers and community resources to ensure continuity of care.
• Complete clinical charting and related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards.
• Maintain current general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborate consistently with the team psychiatrist.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time