What are the responsibilities and job description for the Crisis Care QMHP - Casual position at LEWIS & CLARK BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INC?
The Crisis Care QMHP will be positioned at The CORE Center, which offers 24/7 crisis receiving and stabilization services for youth and adults. The role is responsible for providing professional mental health services to youth and adults experiencing mental health and addiction-related crisis. This includes professional treatment planning and evaluation and referring to in-house and community resources to meet the individual’s needs.
Employment Status: Casual/PRN
Work Hours: 11:00am-11:00pm (12 hour shifts)
Work Requirement: Minimum 12 hours per month, more if desired
Weekend/Holiday Involvement: One weekend day (Saturday or Sunday) required per month; one holiday required per year
Reports to: Crisis Program Director
Essential Functions:
- Provide intake and crisis services and refer to in-house and community resources to meet patient needs.
- Perform certification evaluations for Board of Mental Illness holds.
- Interview patients and develop treatment plans for assigned cases, requesting assistance from superiors and clinical peers as required. Discusses difficult cases in clinical supervisory and peer group meetings.
- Serve as a member of the crisis care team, providing consulting and related therapy services to schools or other organizations.
- Provide indirect supervision to crisis care team members.
- Conduct various routine psychological tests. Prepare and maintain necessary records and reports.
- Maintain therapeutic posture with patients experiencing emotional instability, exercising self-control in volatile situations such as verbal/physical threats and/or confrontation. Assist in conflict resolution and de-escalation.
- Maintain patient confidentiality. Immediately report safety concerns related to patient care issues, maintenance concerns, property destruction, theft, or any other safety concern preventing or directly or indirectly impacting the effective provision of treatment services.
- Participate in on-call rotation with other QMHP staff employed by the agency, supporting crisis care services.
- Assist with training of new staff as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the leadership team.