Clinician - Assessment and Referral/Intake chez Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Description

The Assessment and Referral Clinician will help assess the needs of walk-in and telephone callers to ensure their referral to the service or resource that best addresses their needs.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Responds to telephone and face-to-face inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
• Conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment and facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
• Assumes responsibility in maintaining a safe, orderly and therapeutic physical environment for all patients.
• Demonstrates good skills in assessing client's crisis and clinical indicators via phone and in-person - documenting such. Prepares written report of assessment results in a timely manner (immediately following completed assessment) and includes recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs.
• Makes appropriate interventions during assessments, and crisis situations with clients, family/friends, and other professional staff.
• Assists clients who are not admitted into a program with follow-through of clinical referrals and recommendations.
• Provides pertinent clinical information to physician and program staff who will be reviewing the patient to ensure a smooth transition for the patient.

Schedule is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00pm - 7:30am

Requirements

• Masters degree in human services or related field required
• Nevada State clinical licensure (LCSW, LMFT, etc.) preferred
• Previous experience working in a Behavioral Healthcare facility strongly preferred
• Ability to deal with crisis and potentially combative patients
• Knowledge of patient rights and laws pertaining to mental health
• Excellent interpersonal skills, oral communication, assessment, and intervention abilities

Benefits

Benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Healthcare spending account
• Dependent care spending account
• PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
• Discounted cafeteria meal plan
• Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
• Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Insurance