Psychiatric Crisis Specialist II at Cleveland Clinic, Indian River Hospital

Psychiatric Crisis Specialist II at Cleveland Clinic in Indian River Hospital. Part-time. Est. up to $60k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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Job Title
Psychiatric Crisis Specialist II
Location
Vero Beach
Facility
Indian River Hospital
Department
Bch Administration A R-Indian River Hospital
Job Code
001332
Shift
Day/Evening/Night/Weekend
Schedule
7:00am-7:00pm
Job Summary

Job Details

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Psychiatric Crisis Specialist, you are an integral member of the Behavioral Health Intake team. You are responsible for assessing and identifying the unique needs of all Behavioral Health patients within the Cleveland Clinic System Emergency Departments and Hospitals. In this role, you will work to ensure they receive the necessary support and resources to achieve treatment goals and find healing. Your daily efforts can make a significant and lasting difference on all those you meet, including patients, their loved ones and the entire community.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:45AM – 7:15PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Complete comprehensive mental status, psychosocial, risk and chemical use assessments.

• Identify patient crisis needs and participate in on-going assessment and care plan recommendations for patients with extended time awaiting dispositions.

• Provide crisis intervention services using a therapeutic intervention based on patient-centered outcomes and standards of care based on current research and evidence-based practice.

• Participate in the clinical instruction and supervision of Psychiatric Crisis Intervention Specialists seeking independent licensure and student interns shadowing or participating in the department to provide learning experiences.

• Act with integrity in placing professional charge capture for crisis intervention services provided and document all requirements for such services provided.

• Supply information to the medical team for consideration of a differential diagnosis.

• Recognize significant changes in patient condition and respond appropriately.

• Navigate insurance verification and pre-certification processes for behavioral health carve-outs.

• Provide psychoeducation to family, significant others of patients and other co-working caregivers about Behavioral Health, de-escalation and/or other related topics.

• Involve the patient/family (or designee) and other current providers in developing a plan of care individualized to patient cultural, religious and educational needs.

• Develop appropriate patient goals for identified problems.

• Serve as a patient advocate.

• Process referred cases to appropriate disposition, including inpatient placement or assistance with community wrap around services, for a successful discharge plan.

• Communicate information regarding patient plan of care, current outcomes and acuity at end of shift report.

• Perform routine administrative office functions as needed to facilitate casework processes.

• Assist in orientation of new Behavioral Health Intake team staff or other hospital personnel.

• Complete all documentation and records related to patient care.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master’s of Art (MA) or Master’s of Science (MS) in a healthcare profession or MEd

• Current licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with no history of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports

• Two years of post-Master's experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Secondary language fluency

Physical Requirements:

• Requires Corrected hearing and vision to normal range
• Some positions may be more sedentary work
• Some positions may be more light work
• Require full range of motion, eye-hand coordination
• Require standing or walking for extensive periods of time
• Require some exposure to communicable disease or bodily fluids

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.