Emergency Behavioral Health Crisis Clinician

Bristol Hospital Group; Bristol (CT); On-site; USD 33,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Health in Bristol, CT is seeking a Per Diem Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention clinician to provide initial triage and screening in the Emergency Care Center. You will perform crisis assessment, stabilize patients, and coordinate disposition with a team of mental health professionals.

Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, offering crisis counseling, and ensuring follow-up and documentation in accordance with hospital policy. Licensure in CT or in progress is required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mental health.
• State of Connecticut licensure or in process of obtaining licensure, with license to be obtained within timeframe prescribed by supervisor.
• Experience with a broad range of diagnoses, patient populations, and age groups; substance abuse; psychiatric and co-occurring disorders.
• Strong risk assessment skills and crisis intervention abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct crisis assessment and intervention services to patients.
• Provides patient-focused and empathetic care to patients and their families.
• Interviews and assesses the patient and family for suicide lethality and/or dangerousness to others, current mental status, level of functioning, social supports, intoxication and other factors which impact treatment decisions.
• Provides immediate crisis counseling to stabilize a patient and to bring the situation under control.
• Manages to effective disposition: resolution of the crisis situation or facilitation of inpatient admission.
• Provides support and education to family supportive others of patients in crisis.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Risk assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in mental health

Job description

Bristol Health in Bristol, CT is seeking a Per Diem Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention clinician to provide initial triage and screening in the Emergency Care Center. You will perform crisis assessment, stabilize patients, and coordinate disposition with a team of mental health professionals.

Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, offering crisis counseling, and ensuring follow-up and documentation in accordance with hospital policy. Licensure in CT or in progress is required.