Behavioral Health Assessment Specialist - Behavioral Health Sciences -Full Time
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Job Description
This position is intended to primarily cover evening shift.
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing mental health services to patients presenting in the Emergency Department, including crisis/intake assessment and intervention, making appropriate referral for acuity, providing education, discharge planning, acting as a community liaison, offering assistance to family members
Education, License & Cert:
Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field required
Experience:
One year’s experience working in a psychiatric setting, a human service field or a related field.
Essential Functions:
1. Provides evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention and referral for all populations served by the department in the emergency room.
2. Demonstrates the ability to document understandable, comprehensible psychiatric evaluation and progress notes.
3. Responsible discharge planning and arranges follow‐...