Nuvance Health Careers

Description

Summary:

Provides Crisis Intervention Services in the hospital and in the community. Provides Care Coordination services on the inpatient psychiatric unit as needed. Stabilizes patients for continued treatment and arranges for treatment as indicated. 

Responsibilities:

1.  Provides crisis stabilization intervention to individual patients and/or their families or significant others either in Crisis Intervention Service, Inpatient psychiatry or Mobile Crisis Team at Danbury Hospital and in the community. 
2.  Provides planning and implementation of the patient's disposition either in Crisis Intervention, Mobile Crisis Team or inpatient psychiatry. 
3.  Supports Behavioral Health Service Line in providing  and managing all patient care.
4.  Understands and maintains compliance to all regulatory agencies and the Danbury Hospital Code of Business Ethics.
5.  Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to this position.
6.  Performs other duties as assigned. 

Education: MASTER'S LVL DGRE

Other Information:

Master's Degree in Social Work
Licensed LMSW
Valid CT driver's license
Three years minimal experience in mental health/substance abuse treatment.
Prefer: LCSW/LADC 
Three years minimal experience in mental health/substance abuse treatment.

Working Conditions:

Manual: Some 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:LMSW,LCSW

Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice CT

Org Unit: 504

Department: DH Inpatient Psych

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $36.53 - $67.90 Hourly