Inpatient Behavioral Health Social Worker-Psychiatry Liaison

Loyola Medicine; Berwyn (IL); On-site; USD 37,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyola Medicine in Chicago is seeking a Psychiatric Liaison – Inpatient Psychiatry to deliver advanced behavioral health care to inpatients and their families. The role involves crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, and collaboration with the treatment team to develop individual plans.

You will participate in weekly staffing, coordinate discharge planning, and facilitate involuntary admissions and legal Petitions while ensuring documentation meets departmental standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Performance of direct specialized care with patients who have been identified as needing psychological assessment or interventions beyond the scope of general patient care practice.
• Completes Level of Care (psychosocial assessment) and participates in the development of the individual treatment plan on all inpatients.
• Regularly consults with attending psychiatrists regarding patients' condition throughout treatment.
• Participates in weekly clinical staffing with the treatment team.
• Coordinates discharge planning in conjunction with the treating psychiatrist.
• Focuses on psychosocial needs of the patient including comprehensive aftercare plans and housing when indicated.
• Conducts family sessions whenever feasible.
• Facilitates legal process and documentation for involuntary admissions and medication petitions.
• Provision and promotion of the delivery of patient care in accordance with Behavioral Health Department standards of quality care consistent with accepted standards of practice.
• Timely completion of documentation consistent with established policy and procedures within patient medical record.

Job description

Loyola Medicine in Chicago is seeking a Psychiatric Liaison – Inpatient Psychiatry to deliver advanced behavioral health care to inpatients and their families. The role involves crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, and collaboration with the treatment team to develop individual plans.

You will participate in weekly staffing, coordinate discharge planning, and facilitate involuntary admissions and legal Petitions while ensuring documentation meets departmental standards of care.