Clinician - Assessment and Referral/Intake

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