health psychosocial backssments and clinical interventions, inclusive of individual, group, and family therapy. In collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, coordinates patient care and provides case management for assigned patients. Master's Degree Social Work from an accredited graduate program 1 Year Experience in a behavioral health setting AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED 3 Years Experience in a behavioral health setting Acute/psychiatric hospital experience, discharge planning/case management experience Attends treatment team and staff meetings inservices and case presentations as designated by
unit/department/program.
Arranges and facilitates patient care conferences for difficult/high-risk psychosocial cases to enhance resolution of identified issues.
Testifies at Certification Review and Reise hearings regarding patient's current mental health status as appropriate. Consults, coordinates, and intervenes in crisis situations while assisting staff in de-escalating volatile situations and facilitating Code Green and critical incident debriefings. Develops interdisciplinary education to increase staff knowledge. Utilizes appropriate community resources on behalf of patients and families. Educates patient and family of options for discharge based on patient's mental health/legal/insurance
status. Provides continuity of care referrals to patients and families for ongoing community services/support upon discharge.
Provides discharge information to next level of care. Completes thorough safety planning with patient and family including gun removal as an appropriate measure. Provides professional role modeling and collaboration with interdisciplinary team, assisting unlicensed MFTs, Social Workers and students to develop competency and acquire technical skills: Provides the acquisition of clinical knowledge and skills to new staff/student interns and interdisciplinary team. Provides leadership as role model and/or consultant to develop/retain professional clinical staff.
Foster the integration of the professional role as a clinical decision maker by providing consultation and educational presentations to members of the healthcare team. backsses, evaluates, and documents the psychosocial needs of the patient and family: Performs appropriate patient backssments (psychosocial, SI/HI, safety, DC planning) as related to the clinical services provided. Formulates plan of care based on clinical backssment. Documentation is performed in a timely, complete, legible, concise and accurate manner, in accordance with Sharp Health Care and professional license guidelines, meeting third-party payor and regulatory requirements.
Provides therapeutic interventions within the scope of care with patient and family that are appropriate to the patient's diagnosis, developmental milestones, age, culture, and ethnic diversity: Demonstrates effective crisis intervention, problem solving techniques in individual/family therapy, and therapeutic process groups and is a resource to others in these areas. Reports all mandatory protective concerns such as Elder Abuse, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Tarasoff as required by law and Sharp Health Care policies and procedures.
Informs, educates, supports, and evaluates patient/family response to therapeutic interventions via collateral calls, conjoint therapy sessions, utilization review process, and/or referrals and revises care plan as necessary. Sharp Health Care is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, interactionual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class For more details: jobs-search.
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