The Impact You Can Make

Attention all Registered Nurses or Clinical professionals with a behavioral health background! Are you skilled in crisis management? Do you want to make a significant impact in the lives of others? If so, Glens Falls Hospital’s Crisis Center has an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Crisis Clinician, who is devoted to providing top notch, evidence-based mental health consultations to patients. In this role, you will support the crisis center by providing therapeutic consultations and evaluations to the Emergency Department (ED) as requested, when the subject of concern in the ED presentation is psychiatric in nature. This position is ideal for experienced Master of Social Work (MSW) graduates or Registered Nurses who hold bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and have a demonstrated work history in behavioral health settings. If you are looking to advance your clinical career with a clinical-behavioral health focus, this opportunity is for you!

Team Impact

As an essential part of the interdisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to provide mental-health consultations to patients seeking urgent treatment in the ED. Your role will involve investigating treatment history, conducting patient interviews, securing necessary information, and providing it to family and collaterals as appropriate. You will be involved with the management of clinical information including diagnostic impressions, as well as the recommended disposition for the communication to the ED physician and supervising psychiatrist. Lastly, you will take ownership of ensuring that this contact is documented according to standards set forth for your role and the department. Some highlights about this opportunity include:

• Part-time and full-time opportunities available!

• Position has hours from 8:00am-8:00pm (great for candidates who prefer 12-hour coverage)

• Position is eligible for weekend shift differentials on top of base pay for evening work and for rotating weekend shifts

• Fantastic opportunity for Registered Nurses to further their experience in providing consultations in a behavioral health setting

• Great opportunity for LMSWs and LCSWs to practice in an acute care setting

• On-the-job training is available with a comprehensive orientation phase to give you the tools to succeed in your career

• Opportunity to get refine your skills in incorporating biopsychosocial care approach for patients with a comorbid diagnostic profile

• Opportunity to serve as vital member of a treatment team, viewing the patient from every perspective, and developing a resource/education structure for all stakeholders involved in patient care

The Glens Falls Hospital Impact

Mission

Our Mission is to improve the health of people in our region by providing access to exceptional, affordable, and patient-centered care every day and in every setting.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

Responsibilities

Conduct emergency evaluations to efficiently assess each patient’s immediate psychiatric status and needs toward facilitating proper disposition that ensures safety:

• Respond within 60 minutes to ECC requests for consultation

• Review prior clinical records as available

• Conduct evaluations of each referred ECC patient, according to established policies and procedures

• Assign provisional psychiatric diagnosis and develop proposed disposition plans

• Efficiently summarize and present case information to supervising psychiatrist and ECC physician

• Complete all documentation required by policies and procedures efficiently and accurately

• Secure required insurance authorizations for inpatient admissions

• Interview and inform family members or other parties as specifically appropriate to each case

Facilitate and assist with providing continuity of care for behavioral health patients in the ECC and CSU

• Facilitate transitions of patients from the ECC to BHU or other transfer facility

• Facilitate discharges from ECC/CSU assuring appropriate referrals to community resources

• Provide brief intervention and supportive short-term counseling as indicated to assist in resolving patient crises

• Function as a resource for and assists with therapeutic activities for children being held in CSU pending transfer to inpatient facilities

Contribute to inpatient Behavioral Health Unit programming as directed by the Director of BHU

• Conduct patient and family interviews to secure psychosocial history and to facilitate discharge planning

• Conduct therapy groups and facilitate Unit activities as assigned

• Participate in Unit milieu as assigned

• Qualifications/Experience

  Education/Accredited Programs

  • Bachelor's degree in social work or related field required

  • Minimum one year of experience in a behavioral health setting, or

  • Current license as registered professional nurse (RN) in New York with a minimum of three years of experience in psychiatric nursing

  • Master's degree in social work or related field strongly preferred

  Experience/Abilities

  • 3 years’ experience in a behavioral health setting

  • OPWDD experience or training highly desired

  Licenses/Certificates/Registrations:

  • Licensed Social Worker in New York State or Licensed Registered Nurse required

  Skills/Abilities

  • Thorough knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses

  • Possesses the skills and knowledge to utilize therapeutic communication techniques to offer short-term crisis resolution counseling and de-escalation of crisis situations

  • Familiarity with psychiatric medication

  • Knowledge of insurance reimbursement issues and processes

  • Ability to conduct clinical patient interviews, including assessment of mental status

  • Ability to communicate clearly in written and verbal forms

  • Ability to interact with various psychiatric and mental health disciplines

  • Ability to manage time effectively and to cope with multiple simultaneous demands

  • Ability to respond calmly in crisis situations

  • High level perceptual and reasoning skills to allow for accurate assessment and determination of proper dispositions

  Communities We Serve

  Located in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack mountains, Glens Falls is conveniently located a short drive away from the capital region and Lake George. Work at the top of your profession and jumpstart your next career here at Glens Falls Hospital!

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.

Salary Range
The expected base rate for this Glens Falls, New York, United States-based position is $28.53 to $44.87 per hour. Exact rate is determined on a case-by-case basis commensurate with experience level, as well as education and certifications pertaining to each position which may be above the listed job requirements.
Benefits
Glens Falls Hospital is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are available to active, full-time and part-time employees who work at least 30 hours per week, can be found here.