*Description*

Summary

Provides crisis intervention services at the hospital or in the community. Provides emergency psychiatric evaluations and treatment. Stabilizes patients for continued treatment and arranges for treatment as indicated. Lities.

Responsibilities

• Provides crisis stabilization intervention to individual patients and/or their families or significant others either in the Crisis Intervention Service at Danbury Hospital or as part of the Mobile Outreach Service.
• Provides planning and implementation of the patient's disposition plan either in the Crisis Intervention Service at Danbury Hospital or as part of the Mobile Outreach Service.
• Supports Behavioral Health Service Line in providing and managing all patient care.
• Understands & maintains compliance to all regulatory agencies & the Danbury Hospital Code of Business Ethics.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education: MASTER'S LVL DGRE

Other Information

Required: Collaborate and assist LCSW staff in running and documenting groups for Intensive Outpatient level of care.

Minimum Experience: three years

Desired: LADC preferred. Three years experience, both inpatient and outpatient.

Working Conditions

Manual: Little or no manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Credentials:DRIVER LIC,LCSW

Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice CT

Org Unit: 504

Department: DH Inpatient Psych

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $32.23 - $59.86 Hourly