Licensed Clinical Evaluator

Job Title: Licensed Clinical Evaluator

Department: Psychiatric Emergency Department

Location: Rochester General Hospital

Hours Per Week: 36 (12 hour shifts)

Schedule: Varies

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000

Provides emergency mental health evaluations, crisis intervention, milieu management and dispositional planning for patients needing assessment and intervention in a variety of clinical or community settings.

• Provides Emergency mental health evaluations.
• With the psychiatrist's supervision, acts as consultant to assist patient and clinical team with Behavioral Health subject matter expertise.
• Provides crisis and /or acute mental health intervention to patients presenting to the psychiatric emergency department setting in collaboration with family and significant others.
• Prioritizes and triages patients requiring immediate psychiatric intervention.
• Manages all telecommunication, collaboration with internal and external customers, and documentation relevant to the psychiatric patient admission, treatment, and discharge or transfer.
• Consults with the Team Leader, Manager, and/or Psychiatrist on Call to implement the most appropriate treatment and dispositional plan. Reviews every person evaluated with the psychiatrist to determine the most appropriate treatment and disposition.
• Provides Behavioral Health evaluations in secure settings, hospital settings, outpatient settings and community locations.
• Provides Substance use screenings and interventions using evidence based practices like SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment).

• Master Degree in human service degree
• LMSW, LCSW, LCAT, LMHC or LMFT licensure required.

• 2 years relevant experience preferred.

S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

Pay Range: $30.00 - $41.00

City: Rochester

Postal Code: 14621

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.