Crisis Response Tech (32 hrs/nights)(Temple-Episcopal Campus)

Temple University Health System, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Part time

Job summary

Temple Health, including Temple University Hospital's Episcopal Campus, seeks a Crisis Response Tech for night shifts (32 hrs). The role includes triage, crisis counseling, patient education, and linkage to community resources.

You will assist in registration, insurance validation, and documentation of assessments while maintaining a safe environment for patients and petitioners pursuing involuntary commitments.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree required.
• Bachelor's Degree with coursework in counseling, sociology, psychology, human services, social work, criminal justice, or education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform triage and crisis counseling.
• Provide patient and family education and referrals to community resources and programs.
• Assist in registration, insurance validation, and documenting assessment information.
• Monitor patients to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Assist petitioners with completing involuntary commitment (302).

Skills

Crisis counseling

Patient education

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree with related coursework

Tools

Basic Life Support

Job description

Job Description - Crisis Response Tech (32 hrs/nights)(Temple-Episcopal Campus) (263966)

Performs triage, crisis counseling, patient and family education, referral and linkage to community resources, institutions and programs. Participates in registration of patients, validation of insurance coverage and in the collection and documentation of assessment information. Assists in monitoring patients to assure a safe and therapeutic environment and assists petitioners in completing an involuntary commitment (302).

Education

• Associate's Degree Required
• Bachelor's Degree with course work in counseling, sociology, psychology, human services, social work, criminal justice, or education Preferred

Experience

• 1 year experience in a Mental Health related role and Associates Degree with course work in counseling, psychology, sociology, social work, human services, criminal justice or education Required or
• 2 years in public or private sector for human services with at least 1 year in a position involving direct client contact with Associates degree in any other course work Required
• 1 year r experience required with a Bachelors Degree in any other course work or an LPN graduating from an accredited nursing or vocational school Preferred

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Required

Your Tomorrow is Here!

Temple Health is a dynamic network of outstanding hospitals, specialty centers, and physician practices that is advancing the fight against disease, pushing the boundaries of medical science, and educating future healthcare professionals. Temple Health consists of Temple University Hospital (TUH), Fox Chase Cancer Center, TUH-Jeanes Campus, TUH-Episcopal Campus, TUH-Northeastern Campus, Temple Physicians, Inc., and Temple Transport Team. Temple Health is proudly affiliated with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.

To support this mission, Temple Health is continuously recruiting top talent to join its diverse, 10,000 strong workforce that fosters a healthy, safe and productive environment for its patients, visitors, students and colleagues alike. At Temple Health, your tomorrow is here!

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Your Tomorrow is Here!

Temple University Hospital's Episcopal Campus has provided quality care in our neighborhood for generations and is known for its behavioral health expertise- providing a wide array of outpatient services. The campus boasts a thriving med/surg unit, a full service emergency department, primary care and specialty physician offices. From our warm, friendly atmosphere to the resources of an academic health system, the teams at Episcopal come together and achieve together. Serving our patients as we would our family, the people of Episcopal deliver highly personalized care.

Are you ready to re-connect at a community level? Want to join a nationally renowned team with the resources of a world- class health system? Then join our Episcopal Campus.

Temple Health refers to the health, education and research activities carried out by the affiliates of Temple University Health System (TUHS) and by the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. TUHS neither provides nor controls the provision of health care. All health care is provided by its member organizations or independent health care providers affiliated with TUHS member organizations. Each TUHS member organization is owned and operated pursuant to its governing documents.