Identifies cultural considerations, gender identity and preferred language for patients and family Demonstrates advance practice in assessments, and all other documentation timely and in compliance with requirements (as appropriate to scope) Assesses environment and patient's safety status and reports/responds to actual and potential safety issues or changes in the patient's condition Identifies risk factors, screening criteria and interventions for patients with special precautions (e.g., suicide, homicide, falls, elopement) Recognizes and acts upon unexpected assessment findings Leads in ensuring a safe structured milieu with evidence based treatment modalities/resources Maintains active and timely communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and continuum of care providers Provides education and guidance regarding state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, duty to warn and guardianship processes. Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, payer representatives, and other parties as appropriate regarding behavioral services Performs utilization review as assigned Participates in developing department goals/objectives and clinical programming Reviews, coaches and assists with training of new staff/interns as assigned within approved practice and program guidelines.