Licensed Intake Clinician

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) match and retirement planning

Education assistance

Job summary

Medical City Green Oaks Hospital in Dallas, TX is seeking a Licensed Intake Clinician to assess patients, determine the appropriate level of care, and coordinate discharge planning with a multidisciplinary team. This role emphasizes safety, advanced assessment, risk management, crisis intervention, cultural and language considerations, and education for patients and families.

You will also develop community resource guides and participate in education and support activities to promote quality,

Qualifications

• Masters Degree required.
• Advanced licensure required (LCSW, LPC/LMHC, or LMFT).
• BCLS and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients to determine level of care and safety needs.
• Identify cultural considerations, language, and gender identity for patients and families.
• Coordinate and document assessments, with timely communication to the care team.
• Identify risk factors and interventions for patients with safety concerns.
• Lead in safe, structured milieu with evidence-based treatments and resources.
• Assist with training of staff and interns as assigned.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Safety planning

Communication

Discharge coordination

Crisis intervention

Education

Masters Degree

LCSW/LPC/LMHC/LMFT licensure

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Licensed Intake Clinician with Medical City Green Oaks Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Demonstrates advanced clinical skills and ability to assess patients to determine appropriate level of care.
• Identifies cultural considerations, gender identity and preferred language for patients and family
• Demonstrates advance practice in assessments, and all other documentation timely and in compliance with requirements (as appropriate to scope)
• Assesses environment and patient’s safety status and reports/responds to actual and potential safety issues or changes in the patients condition
• Identifies risk factors, screening criteria and interventions for patients with special precautions (e.g., suicide, homicide, falls, elopement)
• Recognizes and acts upon unexpected assessment findings
• Leads in ensuring a safe structured milieu with evidence based treatment modalities/resources
• Maintains active and timely communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and continuum of care providers
• Provides education and guidance regarding state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn and guardianship processes.
• Assesses, collaborates, coordinates and provides guidance on complex discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with the multidisciplinary team.
• Develops and maintains a community resource guide including access to public assistance/alternatives.
• Facilitates and participates in Community Education, Activities and Support Groups (as appropriate to scope)
• Demonstrates appropriate application of age/developmental stage specific standards, policies and procedures, and guidelines in assessing and treating patients to ensure patient safety.
• Maintains professionalism and uses good communication skills in interacting with peers, staff, patients, families and in resolving conflicts.
• Demonstrates understanding of and ability to maintain clear professional boundaries with peers, patients and families.
• Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, payer representatives, and other parties as appropriate regarding behavioral services
• Reviews, coaches and assists with training of new staff/interns as assigned within approved practice and program guidelines.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Masters Degree - REQUIRED
• Advanced Licensure - REQUIRED – (LCSW) Clinical Social Worker, or (LPC/LMHC) Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor, or (LMFT) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Benefits

Medical City Green Oaks Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

The goal of Medical City Green Oaks Hospital has been to become the premier psychiatric treatment facility in North Texas since 1983. We provide mental health and chemical dependency (substance use) treatments. We offer psychiatric emergency services (PES), inpatient, and outpatient treatments. Medical City Green Oaks Hospital is committed to the mission of providing exceptional psychiatric services. Our sole purpose is to provide immediate access to psychiatric care for our North Texas community. We have been recognized as the most progressive and innovative psychiatric system. We deliver services and provide community outreach. Our focus is on the most efficient, cost-effective, quality patient care. This is the driving force behind all of our endeavors. Green Oaks strives to promote dignity. We hold compassion and respect for patients and their families. We are a part of the Medical City network of hospitals. Patients are ensured access to medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.