Crisis Intervention Clinician- Abington

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Job Description

Location: Abington

Schedule: Days with rotation as needed weekend and holiday rotation

• Supports the mission of the institution to meet or exceed customer expectations utilizing established standards of behavior.
• Performs an in-depth comprehensive and systemic initial psychological and psychosocial assessment on designated caseload of patients to facilitate initial intake.
• Develops and initiates in collaboration with E/TC physicians and psychiatrists a treatment plan including appropriate admission facility placement or discharge to provide effective course of treatment.
• Utilizes identifiable psychotherapeutic principles and treatment modalities to assist in care of patient.
• Provides consultative services for inpatients as requested to assist staff with management of care needs of patients and formulates and implements the discharge plan in conjunction with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Provides individual counseling to patient/families to improve their ability to cope with health problems and make appropriate decisions regarding the use of healthcare services. Communicates family dynamics including social environmental psychological and cultural factors to the healthcare team facilitating timely and proactive discharges.
• Identifies socio-economic needs of patients/families and provides instruction for patient/family in order to increase knowledge of available resources and entitlement programs available in the community.
• Performs other duties and complies with hospital policies and procedures.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS: CRISIS INTERVENTION CLINICIAN
A. Experience: Minimum of 3 years in mental health field with crisis intervention experience.
B. Education and Training: B.A. or B.S. in Psychology or related field - Masters preferred.
C. License Certification and Registration: Licensure in appropriate field preferred but not required.
D. Other Requirements: CPR certified - Course C (AHA); ability to perform and document mental
health status exam and psychiatric history; crisis intervention skills; strong communication and
counseling skills.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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