Psychiatric Emergency Clinician

Overview

Psychiatric Emergency Clinician 2 — Inova Center for Personal Health. This role is full-time day shift:
Wednesday 11am-11:30pm, Thursday 8am-8:30pm, Saturday 8am-8:30pm. This position requires rotation shifts working at Inova Fairfax main Hospital as well.

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

• Provides psychiatric consults to patients who present to the Emergency department onsite at Fairfax ER, via telepsych at other Inova ERs or Urgent Care facilities, or at IPAC walk-in clinic.
• Maintains therapeutic milieu to provide a safe environment for crisis stabilization. Assesses needs and formulates collaborative treatment recommendations.
• Provides psychiatric consults to assess and diagnose mental health and/or substance use disorders as well as providing risk assessments.
• Integrates assessments using information to develop a recommendation for care.
• May provide a range of brief therapeutic interventions including group programming, individual crisis therapy, family support sessions and behavioral interventions to assist the patient in achieving the goals and objectives for stabilization.
• Provides care coordination to ensure the patient and family receive and are referred to appropriate resources to optimize treatment outcomes.

• Education: Master s Degree, Ph.D., PsyD, EdD in Mental Health, Social Work, Counseling, Substance Use Disorders or Behavioral Health related field.
• Experience: Minimum of two years  experience working in the psychiatric or mental health field with the seriously mentally ill.
• Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association. Crisis Prevention Institute:
  Within 6 months CPI in-person training for non-violent crisis intervention; receive CPI blue card within 6 months of hire.
• Licensure: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP), or Licensed Substance Abuse Professional (LSATP).