Behavioral Health Assessment Specialist - Behavioral Health Sciences - Per Diem

Position Summary:

Responsible for providing mental health services to patients presenting in the Emergency Department, including crisis/intake assessment and intervention, making appropriate referral for acuity, providing education, discharge planning, acting as a community liaison, offering assistance to family members

Education, License & Cert:

Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field preferred.

Experience:

One year's experience working in a psychiatric setting, a human service field or a related field.

Essential Functions:

• Provides evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention and referral for all populations served by the department in the emergency room.
• Demonstrates the ability to document understandable, comprehensible psychiatric evaluation and progress notes.
• Responsible discharge planning and arranges follow‐up care and referrals.
• Functions as a liaison between the Behavioral Health services and community agencies and maintains knowledge of community resources that may be used in treatment planning.
• Recognizes and identifies actual or potential situations which places the organization at risk for corporate compliance violations. Communicates compliance issues/concerns with department manager and/or follows the policy for addressing the situation.

Other Duties:

• Complies with Department and organization policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as assigned

Update 2-5-26