What are the responsibilities and job description for the Access/Crisis Team Clinician position at PRAIRIE VIEW INC?
Job Details
Job Location: Newton, KS
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: Graduate Degree
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Job Shift: Swing
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
DEPARTMENT GOALS:
- To provide a user-friendly and clinically appropriate response to persons experiencing emergent or urgent psychiatric or personal issues
- To provide a streamlined and non-duplicative customer service-oriented admissions process for internal and external customers of the department
- To provide input from experience of department to the ongoing strategic planning of Prairie View
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- AGE-BASED COMPETENCIES
- ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH
CO-WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS
Qualifications
- Minimum Education: Master’s degree, with clinical emphasis required; QMHP designation required.
- Minimum Experience: Three years of post-graduate experience in mental health field preferred
- Must have strong clinical and diagnostic skills
- Must have effective, evidence informed crisis intervention skills
- Must have ability to observe patient behavior for assessment purposes
- Must have effective communication skills (listening, verbal, written) to interact with patients, staff, & multi-disciplinary treatment team members
- Must have ability to communicate effectively with diverse community agencies
- Must have solid understanding of customer service best practices
- Must have solid understanding of current managed care practices and procedures
- Must have excellent problem-solving/conflict resolution skills
- Must have active participation with developing efficient sustainable departmental budget
- Must be able to schedule flexibility to meet the needs of the program/agency
- Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word-processing skills
- Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children
