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Behavioral & Mental Health Team Coordinator
$63k-78k (estimate)
Full Time
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Driscoll Children Hospital is Hiring a Behavioral & Mental Health Team Coordinator Near Corpus Christi, TX
Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family. Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Hospital Specific
Hospital Specific
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
- Follows The Driscoll Way customer service standards set forth by the Hospital.
- Maintains annual education requirements (Cornerstone).
- Direct supervision of assigned staff.
- Provides peer support.
- Provides opportunities for process and debriefing support for issues such as grief, conflict, and interaction with families.
- Develops and participates in the training (precepting) of new employees, supervision of Social Work/LPC students, and cross training of Social Workers.
- Assists with and monitors the staffing schedule to ensure adequate coverage.
- Coordinates and facilitates Behavioral Health staff meetings.
- Ensures services are faithful to updated standards of practice / best practice.
- Liaison for Interns from universities. Onboards new students and ensures student exposure meets assigned learning plans.
- Special Projects as assigned.
- Serves as a resource for other departments.
- Maintains and follows specialty specific Code of Conduct set forth by licensing board.
- Responsible for professional supervision and continuing education to maintain state licensure.
- Travels to ambulatory clinics and the main hospital campus for education, and meetings as requested.
- Participates in Chart Audits for quality assurance.
- Participates in the review and revision of community resource lists.
- Participates in annual performance improvement activities of the department and assigned units.
- Participates in periodic review and revision of policy and procedures.
- Participates in budget planning.
- Collects data for research relating to social work issues.
- Responds to Physician orders and Nursing functional screening requests timely.
- Makes daily rounds in assigned unit(s).
- Proactively screen for high risk; determine need for/eligibility for services; identify strengths/coping capabilities; and assess informal and formal network of support through psychosocial assessment.
- Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, education, and discharge planning to support identified or potential barriers to care related to social support limitations, lack of understanding, complex medical concerns, mental health and substance abuse issues, family violence, emotional stability, and behavioral risks.
- Assists family in understanding medical and treatment information.
- Provides mediation and crisis intervention for families in a supportive environment for discussing problematic behavior or familial discord to ensure safety and following of medical directives.
- Provides supportive end of life care that may include assessment, advocacy, grief and crisis counseling, resource counseling (alternate level of care to include home care and hospice, financial and legal needs, advance directive planning, and information and referral for funeral assistance), memory packets, and team care planning.
- Assists families with resources for basic needs such as transportation, lodging, and meals.
- Coordinates and participates in discharge planning activities to include…
- information and referral to community resources
- follow-up care needs
- secure needed equipment, supplies, and services
- planning for and arrangement of appropriate school services for patients (homebound and/or information on accommodations for students with disabilities for 504 plan).
- Upon suspicion/confirmation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child, elderly, or disabled person…
- notifies appropriate agency (Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services and/or Law Enforcement agency).
- serves as the liaison between the hospital and agency for appropriate discharge planning
- Completes timely documentation in the medical record of contact with patients and families in note and/or doc-flow form as appropriate.
- Plans, coordinates, and attends team and family conferences and actively participates as an advocate in the review and planning of patient care.
- Provides supportive counseling and ongoing emotional support for long-term patients and their families.
- Provides consultation to physicians and hospital staff in regards to psychosocial issues, bioethical issues, and discharge planning bioethical issues, and discharge planning.
- Under the Supervision of The Director of Clinical Practice & Therapeutic Arts, or designated LCSW-S/LPC-S will ensure clinical services are provide as appropriate.
- Include diagnosis and expanded treatment planning to bio-psychosocial assessments as appropriate
- Expand counseling services provided to patients and their families to include utilization of brief, therapeutic, and supportive interventions
- Enhance mental health screening, assessment, and support
- Administration of mental health screening tools; i.e.; Edinburgh, PHQ-9, GAD, Columbia- Suicide Severity Scale (C- SSRS), CRAFFT, etc.
- Inclusion of preliminary diagnosis and safety planning to mental health assessments
- Provision of therapeutic interventions and treatment strategies to include, but not limited to; motivational interviewing, treatment engagement, crisis intervention and intensive crisis stabilization, brief and solution focused therapy, and safety planning.
- Plans and facilitates support groups for patients, parents, and families.
- Serves as a liaison and advocate with community programs and agencies related to health, social welfare, and community supports.
- Provides presentations and in-services to school personnel, students, and the community as requested.
- Works with staff from outside agencies to ensure quality care along the continuum.
- Testifies in court regarding child abuse and/or neglect.
- Master’s degree in social work/master’s degree in counseling/or graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing with a minimum of associate degree in nursing. BSN preferred.
- 3 years’ experience in the healthcare field or relevant clinic areas
- Supervisory experience – a plus.
- Pediatric experience- preferred.
- Familiarity with formal supervision requirements- preferred.
- Bilingual skills (Spanish)- preferred.
- Licensure by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners/Licensure by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional counselors: LCSW, LCSW-S /LPC-A, LPC
- Current RN license to practice in the State of Texas as a professional nurse.
- English Language and Mathematical Skills.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$63k-78k (estimate)
POST DATE
08/02/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
08/09/2024
WEBSITE
driscollchildrens.org
HEADQUARTERS
Corpus Christi, TX
SIZE
1,000 - 3,000
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