What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Professional - Lourdes Transition Unit - Full Times - Days - Rotating Shifts position at Lourdes Health?
* This is a safety sensitive position*
This is a Union Position.
Range: $26.36 - $37.12
Sign On Bonus Available: $5,000 with experience (Pro-Rated for Part Time Positions)
Essential Functions
- Coordinate mental health services for patients on the crisis triage unit and leadership for multidisciplinary team.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments, and provide ongoing monitoring of mental illness symptoms.
- Act as liaison and work closely with other agencies and family to coordinate the treatment process.
- Perform shift lead duties.
- Document clinical services.
- Provide ongoing assessment, problem solving, side-by-side services, skills training, supervision, and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living.
- Act independently, with minimal supervision, utilizing time and resources effectively.
- Exhibits teamwork in providing care.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to all population and cultures served.
- Work effectively under pressure, prioritizing demands from multiple sources, professionally.
- Implement measures that provide for the safety of the unit, patients/families and peers.
Qualifications and requirements
- Education: Master’s degree in behavioral sciences required or granted a Mental Health Professional (MHP) exception from the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) consistent with WAC
- Experience: Two (2) years’ experience in mental health service required.
- Certification: Must have or apply for a Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor within seven (7) days of employment (RCW 18.19.210-May work as an agency affiliated counselor for up to sixty [60] days) or possess current Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA), Licensed Advanced Social Worker (LASW), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Social Worker Associate & Advanced (LSWAA) as defined by the Washington State Department of Health.
- Other: Ability to work with culturally diverse population.
Benefits:
Medical Insurance: Savers, PPO, PPO Plus offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield
Dental Insurance: Offered through BCBS
Vision Insurance: Offered through BCBS
Free EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Paid Time Off (Up to 25 days a year)
Employer Paid Short-Term
Coverage options for Medical, Dental and Vision include: Employee, Employee & Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee & Child, Family
Salary : $26 - $37
