Psychiatric Emergency Services Clinician - Harrington Hospital, 40 hours Evenings

UMass Memorial Health • Southbridge, MA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to provide emergency psychiatric services to adults and children who present for evaluation to emergency departments, as well as patients within hospital in need of crisis evaluation. Provide crisis intervention and risk assessment to evaluate for service and level of care needs. Must have experience working independently, while also willing to collaborate with other team members (i.e. psychiatrist, nursing, behavioral health staff) to achieve patient care goals.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in social work, mental health or other related field
• Minimum two years of experience in the behavioral health field
• Scheduled shift is Monday through Friday evenings 3 PM - 11:30 PM.
• Position is 100% on-site at two different emergency departments located in Southbridge and Webster, and requires flexibility to work at to either site or travel between sites based on the needs of the service.
• Driver's license and reliable motor vehicle transportation are a must.

Nice To Haves

• License in the behavioral health field

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains good working relationships with other members of PES Team, staff members of other departments in the organization and members of the community agencies and department collaterals.
• Demonstrates ability to formulate diagnostic impressions based on DSM V criteria, assess for risk to harm self or others and for risk of being the victim of abuse or neglect as defined by the State of Massachusetts protective agencies.
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of “best practice” techniques and considers input, feedback and concerns of the patient’s natural support systems in making determinations for appropriate levels of care.
• Records clinical information in the required format that is consistent with professional standards, Joint Commission, DMH and DPH.
• Treats patients, family members, co-workers and collaterals with respect regardless of personal bias.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees