RN Clinician 11p-7am

UHS; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Health Services is seeking an Intake Clinician-RN for evening shifts (11pm–7am) from Saturday to Tuesday at the Virginia Beach setting. The role focuses on crisis triage, assessment and disposition in ER and AR Center settings, including telephonic and on-site evaluation.

The incumbent will manage crisis lines, coordinate timely mental health assessments, and refer to outpatient care as appropriate, while working required weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• RN licensure is required.
• Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or equivalent with 1+ year related mental health counseling experience preferred.
• Knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and treatment terminology.
• Completed biopsychosocial assessments and medical history.
• Basic typing and computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis triage, assessment and disposition either telephonically or on-site.
• Answer crisis line calls and coordinate appropriate referrals within UHS systems.
• Schedule face-to-face assessments within 24 hours for urgent cases.
• Refer non-appropriate calls to suitable providers or community resources.

Skills

Crisis counseling

Mental health assessment

Telephone triage

Disposition planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Master’s degree in psychology/counseling/social work

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Responsibilities

Intake Clinician-RN 11p-7a Sat-Tues

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.

Intake Clinician-RN position available. The candidate must be able to work evenings, 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

Required licensure as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or a degree 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: Mandatory weekends and holiday required.

EEO Statement

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