Mental Health Worker - Per Diem

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The ER Mental Health Worker delivers Mental Health Services to patients in the emergency room, including the assessment, referral, and resource process to Outpatient services, CCIS, Voluntary hospitalization, or Involuntary Commitment.

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field.
• Minimum of two years of post-Bachelor's experience in mental health or State of New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services approved equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• ACSW preferred.

Contacts:

• Extensive contact with medical personnel and its visitors.

Working Conditions:

• General office conditions.
• Extensive employee and outside contacts.
• High stress
• Willingness to work with the realization that errors and incompetency may have serious consequences to patients.

Physical Demands:

• Long periods of sitting with frequent standing or moving to other areas to retrieve or return documents, and make copies.
• Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
• Requires frequent reading or correspondence, reports, materials, etc.

Mental Demands:

• Requires ability to read and concentrate frequently to check accuracy of reports, correspondence, computer records, etc.
• Requires ability to read, understand, analyze and interpret policies and procedures.
• Requires ability to deal with stress of dealing with public, frequent interruptions, and working on more than one task concurrently.
• Requires flexibility in order to respond to changes in priorities, special project assignments, and emergency situations.
• Apply principals of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in order to provide effective patient care.
• Manage time appropriately to meet patient and department needs.

If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!