Intake Clinician PRN 3p-11p

Universal Health Services; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Universal Health Services' Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center is seeking an Intake Clinician on a PRN 3p-11p shift, weekends required. The role involves telephonic and on-site crisis triage, assessments, and disposition planning in an emergency/assessment setting.

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or be a licensed RN, with at least one year of mental health counseling experience.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or nursing with RN licensure.
• Minimum 1 year direct mental health counseling experience.
• Knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and treatment terminology.

Responsibilities

• Provide telephonic or face-to-face crisis triage, assessment, intervention, and disposition.
• Answer crisis line calls and gather demographic and clinical information.
• Perform clinical dispositions and refer to outpatient care when appropriate.
• Schedule face-to-face assessments within 24 hours for urgent or emergent calls.
• Refer callers to appropriate providers or community resources within the UHS matrix.

Skills

Mental health crisis counseling

Crisis intervention

Education

Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or RN licensure

Job description

Responsibilities

Intake Clinician - PRN 3p-11p

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

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Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center (VBPC) is a 100-bed freestanding psychiatric hospital located near the beautiful resort area of Virginia Beach, Virginia; a short 10-minute drive to the ocean front. VBPC offers acute psychiatric and substance abuse services for adults 18 years and older. The hospital is accessible 24 hours a day for admissions, and includes mental health assessments and an excellent referral network. Treatment programs and specialty services at VBPC include substance abuse, dual diagnosis and partial hospitalization.

VBPC currently has an Intake Clinician-PRN position available. The candidate must be able to work weekends and holidays. The candidate selected will be responsible for the following: Provides telephonic or face-to-face mental health crisis triage, assessment, intervention and disposition at Assessment and Referral Centers or "on-site" at general hospital emergency room, therapist's or physician's office. Answers the telephone crisis line and obtains all pertinent demographic, clinical, marketing and third party information to determine the appropriateness of face-to-face telephonic assessment and clinical disposition of the caller; seeks supervision when caller requests information/data unfamiliar to counselor. Provides clinically appropriate resolution to those calls evaluated as information only. Provides clinically appropriate telephonic disposition to those clients whose calls are evaluated as routine; referring to outpatient care as appropriate. Schedules face-to-face clinical assessments within twenty-four (24) hours if the call is evaluated as urgent or emergent. Refers calls not appropriate for care within the UHS systems matrix to other clinically appropriate providers and/or community resources.

Qualifications

The following are the job requirements for the Clinician position: Requires Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or a degree and licensure as a Registered Nurse and one or more years of direct or related mental health counseling experience; prefer mental health crisis counseling experience. Must possess knowledge of current psychiatric diagnoses and treatment terminology; completed biopsychosocial patient assessments, including conducting formal mental status evaluation and patient medical history; community resources; third party payers, including managed care companies to develop and clinically appropriate crisis intervention and disposition plan; basic typing and computer literacy.

Shift Details: PRN Evening Shift 3p-11p. Mandatory weekends required.

EEO Statement

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