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Clinician - Assessment and Referral/Intake

Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Full-time

The Assessment and Referral Clinician will help assess the needs of walk-in and telephone callers and ensure their referral to the service or resource to best address their needs.

Shift is for weekend, nights, full-time

Responsibilities And Duties

  • Responds to telephone and face-to-face inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services
  • Conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment and facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting
  • Assumes responsibility in maintaining a safe, orderly and therapeutic physical environment for all patients
  • Demonstrates good skills in assessing client's crisis and clinical indicators via phone and in-person - documenting such.

Prepares written report of assessment results in a timely manner (immediately following completed assessment) and includes recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs

  • Makes appropriate interventions during assessments, and crisis situations with clients, family / friends and other professional staff
  • Assists clients who are not admitted into a program with follow through of clinical referrals and recommendations
  • Provides pertinent clinical information to physician and program staff who will be reviewing the patient, to ensure a smooth transition for the patient

Requirements

  • MSW or similar Masters degree required
  • License (LCSW, LSW, RN, etc.) preferred
  • Experience in a Behavioral Health facility strongly preferred
  • Ability to deal with crisis and potentially combative patients while maintaining personal and emotional equilibrium
  • Knowledge of diagnostic criteria
  • Knowledgeable of patient rights and laws pertaining to mental health
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, oral communication, assessment and intervention

Benefits

A full benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include :

  • Medical insurance (three plans to choose from)
  • Dental insurance (two plans to choose from)
  • Vision insurance
  • 401K Retirement Plan
  • Healthcare spending account
  • Dependent care spending account
  • PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
  • Discounted cafeteria meal plan
  • Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
  • Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
  • Pet Insurance
  • Identity Theft Insurance
  • 25 days ago
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