UPMC is hiring a casual PsychCare Plus Clinician to support Western Psychiatric Hospital. 

Psych Care Plus is the admission and outpatient scheduling service for UPMC Behavioral Health Service Line for Western Psychiatric Hospital. The Clinician, working in a call center environment, takes referrals from hospitals, community providers, or the public, and facilitates disposition to the appropriate level of care. The incumbent will work eight-hour rotating shifts. 

This position has a hybrid schedule with the option for occasional work from home!

Responsibilities:

• Provides accurate, timely information to coworkers, physicians, outside agencies, with a professional and courteous manner
• Works to maintain high census for UPMC Behavioral Health service line and demonstrates appropriate patient assignment
• Ability to verbally present the case to physicians and others
• Demonstrates UPMC Values in contacts with coworkers, patients, the public, and all callers
• Review the inpatient commitment for accuracy, completeness, and proper time frames
• Responds rapidly to appointment or inpatient admission requests through email, phone, or voicemail
• Demonstrate knowledge of mental health laws.
• Efficiently take a sizable volume of calls and disposition callers to meet their needs rapidly
• Follow outpatient scheduling or referral documentation guidelines
• Review and summarizes the patient information for admissions to a behavioral health unit and triaging patient for appropriate placement
• Demonstrate ability to utilize DSMV and to develop provisional diagnosis.
• Active participation and ongoing maintenance of quality management activities and the development of standards from problem identification
• Ability to work efficiently and independently in emergency setting.
• Demonstrate triage and assessment skills for medical necessity or appropriate outpatient clinic
• Demonstrate high standards for accurate documentation in software and within patient assessments